Open /var/lib/dpkg/status as root, "sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status" and search for your package and remove the whole block.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
How to force remove an erroneous package in Ubuntu
If things get messy and you weren't able to remove it using the package management tool (apt-get or aptitude), then you can manually remove the package:
Open /var/lib/dpkg/status as root, "sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status" and search for your package and remove the whole block.
Open /var/lib/dpkg/status as root, "sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status" and search for your package and remove the whole block.
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