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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