dpkg: error processing package

I needed to update some packages on Ubuntu 22.04.4 and received the following error. Normally you could fix the broken dependencies or reconfigure the dpkg database. In my case, I had to resort to a manual removal of the pkg info. Error Removing ansible (2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) ...dpkg: error processing package ansible (--remove): installed ansible package post-removal …