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Re: diald stuck in apt cache for a week now



On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 02:24:03PM +0100, P Kirk wrote:
> a week or so ago I tried installing diald and it failed.  Since then it
> keeps failing to get installed.  Does andone know how to flush it out of
> the cash and thus allow me to download a more stable version?

The problem isn't that the deb is in your apt cache, but rather that
it is partially installed.  apt sees that there is a partially installed
package and wants to complete the installation (which fails).

Have you tried removing it?  (apt-get remove diald)

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