SharePoint solution package installation fails when activating feature that updates fields

If you happen to get the following errors related to site columns, features activation and/or solution package installation:

Unable to locate the xml-definition for FieldName with FieldId ‘Your field GUID’, exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException —> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: <nativehr>0x8000ffff</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack>
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.GetGlobalContentTypeXml(String bstrUrl, Int32 type, UInt32 lcid, Object varIdBytes)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.GetGlobalContentTypeXml(String bstrUrl, Int32 type, UInt32 lcid, Object varIdBytes)

Or Error message:

Field not found or invalid – ID: [your field GUID]

Then you have two options:

1. Set the field attributes ‘Overwrite‘ and/or ‘OverwriteInChildScopes‘ to True => http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa979575(v=office.15).aspx
2. Or if this does not help then what will kill your Microsoft support for you SharePoint installation is to modify the database directly(not recommended BUT if it is not a production environment and for some reason you need to do something quick and dirty to test something then this might be an option) =>http://shipoint.com/2012/06/07/removing-a-corrupted-site-column-in-sharepoint-2010/