After doing apt-get update, I do an apt-get upgrade. It starts upgrading everything but every time it reaches the powermgmt-base package, apt-get just dies with this error message:


Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/powermgmt-base_1.21_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


If i try to apt-get remove I get this:


dpkg: error processing powermgmt-base (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
powermgmt-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


It then won't even let me reinstall. What can I do?

thanks