Re: How to remove a kernel install package that has failed?
On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 11:17, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Jeff Self um 16:30:
> > I tried installing kernel-source-2.6.0. I used Debian's make-kpkg and
> > created a deb file. But when I ran dpkg -i
> > kernel-image-2.6.0_10.00.Custom_i386.deb, I got a segmentation fault.
> > Now I can't upgrade my system because whenever I run apt-get upgrade, I
> > get an error saying "The package kernel-image-2.6.0 needs to be
> > reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it."
> >
> > I have run apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean. I've even looked in
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info to try and remove anything related to
> > kernel-image-2.6.0 but couldn't find anything. What can I do to remove
> > this package so I can update my system?
>
> Try:
> apt-get -f install
> and then
> dpkg --purge kernel-image-2.6.0
>
> Maybe it works,
> joerg
Tried that. Still getting the same message.
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Jeff Self
Dept. of Information Technology
City of Newport News
(757)926-3741
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