On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:44:26 -0500
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:


> It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing
>

>     apt purge aptitude
>     apt install aptitude

This appears to be a kind of redmondish solution... I'm wondering, if

$ rm /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates*

would have been sufficient? See man(5) aptitude, section "Files".

libre Grüße,

Florian