How can I fix etckeeper or uninstall it so apt will install / remove new packages?

OS: Debian Buster 10.10 inside lxc I am attempting to install a new package (I tried different packages) and apt (and DPkg) is complaining with the following error message(s): /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: 1: /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: Files: not found /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: 2: /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: etc.: not found /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: 3: /etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/README: uncommitted: not found E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi' E: Sub-process returned an error code I decided to unstall etckeeper and got the exact same error message. My googling / searching seems to be lacking. My reasoning is the problem lies with etckeeper, although I could be wrong.