Re: removing/updating a stuck package

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Ben Messinger wrote:

> While using apt-get to update my packages (144mb worth) I lost my ppp
> connection. I re-connected and resumed the update, but the package that
> was being downloaded when the connection was lost got corrupted (all
> other packages upgraded properly). This package (ftape) is now stuck
> part installed/part uninstalled/part updated.

> #<snip>
>
> Any idea how to correct this? I am not able to install/remove any
> packages at this time due to this situation. Please advise. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> -Ben Messinger

I'm not where I can check it right now, but I believe dpkg (not dselect) has an option
to force a removal. You might check the man pages for dpkg.