我使用的是 Ubuntu 18.04，遇到了问题apt。我尝试安装，Node JS但每次尝试安装东西时都会出现此错误：
dpkg: error processing package usb-modeswitch-data (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
Errors were encountered while processing:
usb-modeswitch-data
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
输出结果为sudo-apt-get install -f：
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/30.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing package usb-modeswitch-data (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
usb-modeswitch-data
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
此命令：sudo dpkg --configure -a输出：
dpkg: error processing package usb-modeswitch-data (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
usb-modeswitch-data
从这一切来看，我可以看出这usb-modeswitch-data把事情搞砸了。当我尝试删除它时，我得到了：
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
usb-modeswitch-data*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 96.3 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package usb-modeswitch-data (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
Errors were encountered while processing:
usb-modeswitch-data
尝试重新安装时的输出：
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/30.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
dpkg: error processing package usb-modeswitch-data (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
usb-modeswitch-data
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
答案1
绝对最糟糕的黑客攻击，如果有必要，会这样做，手动删除文件并编辑/var/lib/dpkg/status以删除其对已安装的引用。您需要删除下面的文件，然后删除文件中的引用。
zeus@buster-raspi:~$ apt-file list usb-modeswitch-data
usb-modeswitch-data: /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/bug/usb-modeswitch-data/presubj
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/NEWS.Debian.gz
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/README.Debian
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/README.gz
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/changelog.Debian.gz
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/changelog.gz
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/doc/usb-modeswitch-data/copyright
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/lintian/overrides/usb-modeswitch-data
usb-modeswitch-data: /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/configPack.tar.gz
答案2
我不想听起来像“IT 狂人”，但是你尝试过卸载它并重新安装它吗？！
这可能有帮助？！
https://kreationnext.com/support/how-to-install-usb-modeswitch-data-on-debian-unstable-sid/
U18.04 是基于 DEB 构建的，应该可以工作。希望这能有所帮助！