Re: adpkg
schwarz@monet.m.isar.de (Christian Schwarz) wrote on 16.03.97 in <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.95q.970316174319.3326H-100000@klee>:
> On 16 Mar 1997, Kai Henningsen wrote:
>
> > I just had a small problem building a package. Then I remembered that some
> > time ago, I had installed adpkg, and someone had said something about
> > incompatibilities.
> [snip]
>
> What is the best way to remove adpkg now? (I want to avoid the troubles
> you had.) Would something like this work:
>
> dpkg -i dpkg_1.4.0.7*deb
Use the newest (currently .8, I think).
> dpkg --purge --force-remove-essential adpkg
You might first look at /var/lib/dpkg/info/adpkg.files to see what would
be reemoved, or do a "dpkg --listfiles adpkg" which, IIRC, does the same.
This looks like it would work.
MfG Kai
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