RE: Removing a brokenly nstalled package?
On 23-Jul-2001 Stan Brown wrote:
> I'm building a new STABLE machine this weekend.
>
> By not paying enough attention to the depedncies that dselect picke, I
> would up with a broken install of aolserver. I don't need this package at
> all, but dpkg --remove aolserver fails.
>
> How can I remove all traces of this package?
>
guessing that you probably get the "this package is not properly install,
reinstall it". which seems odd when you are trying to remove it.
# dpkg --purge --force-reinstreq aolserver # go away, I mean it!
check out dpkg --force-help for other useful options. *Warning* --force-foo is
dangerous when used when not need. Unlike rpm, most Debian problems need not
be solved by --force.
P.S. note the use of --purge, --remove will leave behind conffiles and some
other items. purge makes the package disappear.
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