dpkg -P --force-remove-reinstreq xen-utils-3.0 dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. (Reading database ... 22021 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xen-utils-3.0 ... Stopping XEN: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/xend", line 49, in ? from xen.xend.server import SrvDaemon ImportError: No module named xen.xend.server invoke-rc.d: initscript xend, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing xen-utils-3.0 (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: xen-utils-3.0