[~]# apt-get -tetch install libsasl2-2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: postfix Suggested packages: postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre sasl2-bin resolvconf postfix-cdb Recommended packages: libsasl2-modules The following packages will be upgraded: libsasl2-2 postfix 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/1186kB of archives. After unpacking 8192B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: postfix: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: at depends on mail-transport-agent; however: Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. mailx depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however: Package exim4 is not installed. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. mutt depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however: Package exim4 is not installed. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. dpkg: error processing postfix (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: postfix E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)