Get thee behind me emacs20!
I have never got the install of emacs20 (the deb package) right on this
machine. Since it was cluttering up every use of apt, I decided to put emacs19
on the machine and remove emacs20. I can't remove it. A typescript of the
remove attempt is provided.
Here's what 'dpkg --list' shows for these creatures:
ii emacs19 19.34-21 The GNU Emacs editor.
ii emacs19-el 19.34-21 GNU Emacs LISP (.el) files.
rF emacs20 20.3-7 The GNU Emacs editor.
ii emacsen-common 1.4.8 Common facilities for all emacsen.
So, is there either a) a way to fudge the status of the package so that apt
will not attempt on every use to straighten it out, or b) a way to 'force'
dpkg to remove it?
Here's the 'dpkg -r' run; sorry about the length...
=== snip ===
(Reading database ... 58270 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing emacs20 ...
Checking available versions of ctags, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving ctags (/usr/bin/ctags) pointing to /usr/bin/ctags.xemacs20.
Leaving ctags.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/ctags.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/ctags.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of etags, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving etags (/usr/bin/etags) pointing to /usr/bin/etags.xemacs20.
warning: /usr/man/man1/etags.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/etags.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving etags.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/etags.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/etags.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of b2m, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving b2m (/usr/bin/b2m) pointing to /usr/bin/b2m.xemacs20.
Leaving b2m.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/b2m.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/b2m.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of emacsclient, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving emacsclient (/usr/bin/emacsclient) pointing to
/usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs19.
Checking available versions of rcs-checkin, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving rcs-checkin (/usr/bin/rcs-checkin) pointing to
/usr/bin/rcs-checkin.xemacs20.
Leaving rcs-checkin.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of emacs, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving emacs (/usr/bin/emacs) pointing to /usr/bin/emacs-19.34.
warning: /usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/emacs.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving emacs.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/emacs.1emacs19.gz.
emacs-remove emacs20
remove/auctex: Removing for emacs20...rmdir:
/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/auctex//style: No such file or directory
rmdir: /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/auctex: No such file or directory
done.
remove/bbdb: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20
remove/bbdb: remove Info links for emacs20
remove/bbdb: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
remove/calc: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20
remove/calc: remove Info links for emacs20
remove/calc: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
remove/elib: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20
remove/elib: remove Info links for emacs20
remove/elib: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20
emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
remove/gettext: Purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
remove/hyperlatex: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20
emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
install/octave: Purging byte-compiled files for flavour emacs20
rmdir: /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/octave: No such file or directory
emacs-remove: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove/octave emacs20 emacs19
xemacs20 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-remove line 28.
dpkg: error processing emacs20 (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 29
Checking available versions of ctags, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving ctags (/usr/bin/ctags) pointing to /usr/bin/ctags.xemacs20.
Leaving ctags.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/ctags.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/ctags.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of etags, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving etags (/usr/bin/etags) pointing to /usr/bin/etags.xemacs20.
warning: /usr/man/man1/etags.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/etags.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving etags.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/etags.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/etags.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of b2m, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving b2m (/usr/bin/b2m) pointing to /usr/bin/b2m.xemacs20.
Leaving b2m.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/b2m.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/b2m.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of emacsclient, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving emacsclient (/usr/bin/emacsclient) pointing to
/usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs19.
Checking available versions of rcs-checkin, updating links in
/etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving rcs-checkin (/usr/bin/rcs-checkin) pointing to
/usr/bin/rcs-checkin.xemacs20.
Leaving rcs-checkin.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs20.1.gz.
Checking available versions of emacs, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Alternative /usr/bin/emacs-20.1 for emacs not registered, not removing.
Leaving emacs (/usr/bin/emacs) pointing to /usr/bin/emacs-19.34.
warning: /usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/emacs.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving emacs.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/emacs.1emacs19.gz.
Checking available versions of emacs, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Alternative /usr/bin/emacs-20.2 for emacs not registered, not removing.
Leaving emacs (/usr/bin/emacs) pointing to /usr/bin/emacs-19.34.
warning: /usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/emacs.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving emacs.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/emacs.1emacs19.gz.
Checking available versions of emacs, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
Leaving emacs (/usr/bin/emacs) pointing to /usr/bin/emacs-19.34.
warning: /usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz is supposed to be a slave symlink to
/etc/alternatives/emacs.1.gz, or nonexistent; however, readlink failed:
Invalid argument
Leaving emacs.1.gz (/usr/man/man1/emacs.1.gz) pointing to
/usr/man/man1/emacs.1emacs19.gz.
Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background)
Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock)
emacs-install emacs20
install/tm: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs20
install/tm: byte-compiling for emacs20
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/tm emacs20 emacs19
xemacs20 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29
Errors were encountered while processing:
emacs20
=== snip ===
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Bob Bernstein ruptured-duck@home.com
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Esmond, R.I., USA
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