# Error removing percona-server-server-5.6

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.6\
**Created:** [September 27, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-removing-percona-server-server-5-6/3781 "2014-09-27T01:18:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-removing-percona-server-server-5-6/3781/1 "2014-09-27T01:18:51Z")

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Hi can any assist with this error : dpkg: error processing package percona-server-server-5.6 (–remove):

Here is what I did:  
sudo apt-get remove percona-server-server-5.6

dpkg: error processing package percona-server-server-5.6 (–remove):  
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  
reinstall it before attempting a removal  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
percona-server-server-5.6  
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have also tried is sudo apt-get -f install but it keeps getting on the same error: dpkg: error processing package percona-server-server-5.6 (–remove):

Anyone encountered the same error?

I’m using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS  
Here is what’s in /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb [url][http://repo.percona.com/apt[/url]](http://repo.percona.com/apt%5B/url%5D) trusty main  
deb-src [url][http://repo.percona.com/apt[/url]](http://repo.percona.com/apt%5B/url%5D) trusty main

I have no clue on what to do next. Any input highly appreciated !

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**Author:** ![jrivera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/jrivera/32/13_2.png) [@jrivera](https://forums.percona.com/u/jrivera)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-removing-percona-server-server-5-6/3781/2 "2014-10-02T04:56:51Z")

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Have you tried dpkg --remove instead? You can also add --force-remove-reinstreq but do it with caution.

To read about these options do:  
shell\> dpkg --help  
-or-  
shell\> dpkg --force-help