On 8/18/12 8:56 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Rodney D. Myers <rod_myers@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> > /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected >> > invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed. >> > dpkg: error while cleaning up: >> > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 >> > Errors were encountered while processing: >> > /var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20090917-4.1_i386.deb >> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> > How can I get this program uninstalled? > Easiest thing you can do is to edit the failing init script and replace > its contents with a simple > > #!/bin/sh > exit 0 > > and then try to remove the package again. This new "init" script will > exit with a positive exit code and dpkg will be happy to remove the > package. > > Grüße, > Sven. Dumb question. Where is the script located? in the *.deb package -- Rodney D. Myers <rod_dmyers@fastmail.fm> AIM#: YAHOO: mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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