RE: ANOTHER HELP!
On 21-Oct-97 Mario Filipe wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> after resolving my previous problem I now have another...
>
> during the instalation of a package the disk got full. Now when i
>try to do dpkg --purge xxx it tells me that :
>
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state-blabla
>
> What should I do. BTW I had 30meg before the installation now, I
>have 1.7K, and nothing got installed. How do I clear the space ?
First, find the package:
find /var/lib/dpkg -type f -name "<package-name>" -print 2>/dev/null
Then:
rm <whatever-find-returned>
N.B. if you only know part of <package-name> put a * between the > and the last
" in the find command.
>
> Mario Filipe
> mjnf@neptuno.uevora.pt
> http://neptuno.uevora.pt
>
>
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