Re: apt-get broken, packages not fully installed or removed
Apologies for not reading the original message closely enough. I got
stuck on the 'x11-common' part and didn't pay enough attention to the
debconf error.
If debconf is having trouble, that's really weird. Perhaps doing a dpkg
-r debconf, then doing a clean reinstall of debconf? Using wget to
download a fresh .deb of debconf and installing with dpkg -i?
Reinstalling from your /var/cache/apt/archives? dpkg-reconfigure
debconf? I know that there is a reinstall option to apt.... That's
about all I know at this point.
--John
John Miller wrote:
> Why not just keep x11-common? It looks like a whole ton of X libraries
> are already installed. Otherwise, figure out which programs depend on
> each individual library, either by dpkg --show <programname>, or by
> trying to remove each library individually.
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> Up until a month or two ago (when I gave it away), I ran a console-only
> laptop (sarge, however) that ran into these issues from time to time.
> I'm just now checking e-mail and saw the words 'reinstall' float by....
>
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> Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
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>> Hi Joris,
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>> When I add either the --force-depends or the --force-all option to the
>> dpkg --purge x11-common command, they also fail to remove the package.
>> When I then do an apt-get -f install, I get the same familiar failure as
>> I reported earlier.
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>> I may have to save what I can and reinstall my system, although there
>> has GOT to be a better way. I am beginning to think like a Windows user,
>> and I have never been one!
>>
>> Chuck
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