Re: how to force 'dpkg --purge' ?

["Bernhard Wesely" <wesely@solution-x.com>]

try dpkg --purge --force-depends

but be aware, that it might corrupt your dependencies.

good luck,
Bernie
----- Original Message -----
From: "christophe barbe" <christophe.barbe@lineo.fr>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: how to force 'dpkg --purge' ?


> (under poatto with ximian gnome 1.4beta)
> I try to remove a package (mozilla-xmlterm) but dpkg refuse to do it
because the post script return 1.
> So I can't remove it. I imagine that is because I've previously removed
mozilla.
> Is there a way to force dpkg to remove mozilla-xmlterm from the packages
database ?
>
> Christophe
>
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