Re: how to remove a package ?
On Wednesday 11 May 2005 21:10, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 May 2005 19:32, belahcene wrote:
>> I tried to instal a package ( openoffice 2.0 beta ) , it failed for
>> incomplete resource, so I want to remove, because I can't install
>> anyting it always gives me the error tied with this package.
>> I tried apt-get remove, it says that it can't find the package. The
>> apt
>> system is broken, how to fix it, and force the removing of the
>> package ? thank you very much
>> bela
>
> Are you *sure* you have the package name correct? Try
>
> apt-cache search openoffice
>
> and, if that fails:
>
> apt-cache search oo
>
> To see if you can find the package under a different name from what
> you
> expect. You'll have to have it exactly right, or apt-get won't
> recognise it.
dpkg -l '*office*'
would also be useful, especially if it shows something "funny" in the
Desired/Status/Err columns.
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