You need to do:
sudo dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq brscan4

so that it will force it's removal despite being marked inconsistent, an 
apt-get remove won't do it.

Brian

On 10/15/2012 11:45 AM, Wayne Davis wrote:
> On 10/15/2012 10:37 AM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>> rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/brscan4.prerm /var/lib/dpkg/info/brscan4.postins
>
>> wayne@8-Core:~$ *sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/brscan4.prerm
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/brscan4.postinst *
>> wayne@8-Core:~$ *sudo apt-get remove brscan4*
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an
>> archive for it.
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ *sudo dpkg -C*
> The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
> installation.  They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
> that depend on them) to function properly:
>   brscan4              Brother Scanner Driver
>
>
> MUON INFO
>
> Package: brscan4
>
> Error: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>
>
>
> Am i doing something wrong?
>
>
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