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Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download

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On Sun 27 Sep 2020 at 13:09:02 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:

> 
> 
> On 09/27/2020 12:44 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 27 Sep 2020 at 11:01:42 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > > I followed your suggestion, extracted the deb and copied the files to
> > > /opt/brother/scanner.  However, sudo apt purge brscan4 I got:
> > > 
> > > comp@AbNormal:~/Downloads/Brother/tmp$ sudo  apt purge brscan4
> > > [sudo] password for comp:
> > > 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.
> > Let's assume /opt/brother/scanner is a typo and have a glance at
> > dpkg(1).
> > 
> >    reinstreq
> >           A  package marked reinstreq is broken and requires reinstallation.
> >           These packages cannot be removed, unless forced with option
> >           --force-remove-reinstreq.
> > 
> > And later in the manual:
> > 
> >    remove-reinstreq: Remove a package, even if it's broken and marked to
> >    require reinstallation. This  may, for example, cause parts of the
> >    package to remain on the system, which will then be forgotten by dpkg.
> > 
> > We could try removing the reinstall request status from the package with
> > 
> >   sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq brscan4
> > 
> > and then have a go at
> > 
> >   sudo dpkg -P brscan4
> > 
> Halla...bloody...ulla!  It worked!!

Splendid!

> sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade worked without a burp or any warnings
> or errors.
> 
> If you ever need any molecular modeling done give me a hollar. That I can do
> without nearly as many problems.

Npthing to do with your issue, but what is your Brother model?

-- 
Brian.

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Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 13:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-09-25 14:50 +0200
    Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 15:10 +0200
      Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-25 15:20 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 15:40 +0200
          Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 17:20 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-26 09:20 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Fabien Roucaute <fabien.roucaute@free.fr> - 2020-09-25 16:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-09-26 02:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-09-26 03:00 +0200
    Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-26 11:20 +0200
      Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-09-26 12:10 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-26 12:30 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 13:40 +0200
          Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 15:30 +0200
            Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 17:10 +0200
              Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 17:40 +0200
              Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 18:50 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 19:10 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 19:40 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-28 15:50 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-09-28 17:00 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-28 19:20 +0200

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