[nmglug] More on Upgrading

[okeefe at cybermesa.com]

It seems that the helix-player package is a mess of a problem.I tried
installing a new version .deb and the same exact error. finally tried a
force remove and same error:

~$ sudo dpkg -r --force-depends helix-player
(Reading database ... 460193 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing helix-player ...
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/helix/player/share': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/helix/player/README': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing helix-player (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/helix/player/share': No such file or
directory
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/helix/player/README': No such file or
directory
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so': File exists
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/mozilla/components/nphelix.xpt': File
exists
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 helix-player