On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 16:30 -0400, adijr . wrote: > > Removing hl5140lpr ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/hl5140lpr.postrm: line 3: /etc/init.d/lpd: No such file > or directory > dpkg: error processing hl5140lpr (--remove): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > Errors were encountered while processing: > hl5140lpr > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > RESULT=100 > > Any ideas how to get rid of the old pacake so i can install the new one..? > or how to reinstall the new one Over the old? > Well, one way to do it would be to edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/hl5140lpr.postrm. you could just stick: exit 0 at the top of the script, or you could be a bit more surgical and comment out the offending line or block of code that requires the existance of /etc/init.d/lpd. Alternatively, you could create a the file it is looking for: # touch /etc/init.d/lpd None of these are real beautiful solutions, but they should get the package uninstalled for you. hope that helps. -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg
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