apt-get error with espeakup

[Linux for blind general discussion]

For what it's worth, installation and removal scripts are stored in
/var/lib/dpkg/info, are named after the package they belong to and
have the following extensions:

.preinst: pre installation.
.postinst: post installation.
.prerm: pre removal.
.postrm: post removal.

and the .list files in those directories list all the files on the
system that belong to that page.

removing a script that failed will cause dpkg to ignore it the next
time you attempt the package operation that ran the script, but I'm
not sure this is advisable if you plan to try compiling the package
your trying to remove from source.

Also, removing a package's entry from /var/lib/dpkg/status will render
it invisible to apt/dpkg/most apt frontends, but again, not sure if
advisable, and errors in the status file will make apt/dpkg refuse to
do anything until its fixed.

Messing with this stuff is quite hackerish, and even if it solves the
immediate problem, there's no guarantee it won't cause bigger problems
down the line.

-- 
Sincerely,

Jeffery Wright
Bachelor of Computer Science
President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.