Re: Cannot remove thttpd

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

Peter Robinson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to remove the package thttpd but get the following error 
> message. I do not see the process running (with ps aux for instance). 
> How can I get rid of it. Here is the message I get from aptitude:
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 276185 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing thttpd ...
> Stopping web server: invoke-rc.d: initscript thttpd, action "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing thttpd (--remove):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Starting web server: thttpd.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> thttpd
>
>
> thanks, Peter

Do you have apache or some other web server install?  If so, you might 
want to try and stop those, then start thttpd, then remove it and see if 
that fixes the issue.

hth,
jeff
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