can't run apt-get -f install w/o error

Asked by Dal Lemmon

(Reading database ... 156855 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openoffice.org-emailmerge ...
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-emailmerge (--remove):
 unable to delete control info file `/var/lib/dpkg/info/openoffice.org-emailmerge.postinst': Is a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 openoffice.org-emailmerge
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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sebikul (sebikul) said :
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Have you tried to use "aptitude" instead of "apt-get"??

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