apt-get/dpkg uninstall fail
Aight, I was attempting to install kde2.1 and it failed due to the fact i
didnt have libstdc++2.8 installed already. After it complained obviously
I attempted to install the libstdc++2.8 with apt-get and got this
response.
fenris:~/temp # apt-get install libstdc++2.8
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kdebase
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libstdc++2.8
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/96.1kB of archives. After unpacking 9654kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 36258 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kdebase ...
cp: /etc/X11/window-managers: omitting directory
dpkg: error processing kdebase (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
kdebase
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Exit 100
I've tried using to get rid of it but obviously another error occured
fenris:~/temp # dpkg -P --force-remove-reinstreq kdebase
(Reading database ... 36258 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kdebase ...
cp: /etc/X11/window-managers: omitting directory
dpkg: error processing kdebase (--purge):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
kdebase
Exit 1
If anyone has any ideas or if you need some more info from me please
ask... thanks all.
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