lutra@lutra-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libexo-0.3-0 thunar libthunar-vfs-1 libxfce4mcs-client3 libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util2 libxfcegui4-4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  libexo-0.3-0 libthunar-vfs-1* libxfce4mcs-client3* libxfce4mcs-manager3*
  libxfce4util2* libxfcegui4-4* thunar
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 5198kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing thunar (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
Aborted
lutra@lutra-laptop:~$ Errors were encountered while processing:
 thunar