Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

From	Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management
Date	2022-01-05 18:20 +0100
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Urs Thuermann wrote: 
> "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> writes:
> 
> > Raspbian _isn't_ Debian. Wolfram-engine is a third party (commercial) app -
> > Wolfram Mathematica which the Raspberry Pi foundation licences with a 
> > special educational arrangement.
> > 
> > You might be able to force a reinstall of wolfram-engine to produce
> > something consistent to then remove but this is probably wasted
> > effort.
> 
> Yes, and my question should be about dpkg & friends how to get out of
> that state where a single corrupted package blocks everything.
> 

Here's the dangerous way:

In /var/lib/dpkg/info, dpkg and therefore apt keep the install
and removal scripts for all packages.

You could download a copy of the wolfram-engine .deb manually,
use ar to pull out a copy of the package list, confirm that it
is unmunged and replace the broken one in /var/lib/dpkg/info.

Then remove it, do your upgrades, and try reinstalling it.

-dsr-

Thread

Single broken package blocks whole package management Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2022-01-05 14:50 +0100
  Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2022-01-05 15:30 +0100
    Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-05 16:20 +0100
      Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2022-01-05 17:40 +0100
        Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-05 18:20 +0100
        Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-05 18:20 +0100
    Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2022-01-05 17:00 +0100
  Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-05 17:00 +0100

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