Re: How to remove a package MANUALY?
Abdul Latip <dullatip@angin.com> writes:
> I can neither install a certain package; nor remove it :-(.
> I have tried all ways that I know; including to reinstall it.
You've filed a bug against the offending package, yes? (See
http://bugs.debian.org/, and possibly install the 'reportbug'
package.)
> Question:
> - May I know how to delete a package manually?
'dpkg --remove packagename' (or --purge), but that's not going to help
you more at this point.
> - Is it OK to delete things in /var/lib/dpkg/info
"No, but." Probably the best thing to do is to modify the package's
prerm script to work, and include a patch with your bug report. You
don't want to go around blindly deleting things there.
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David Maze dmaze@debian.org http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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