Re: having a problem removing a package
Rodney D. Myers <rod_myers@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 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.
> Dumb question.
> Where is the script located? in the *.deb package
The path failing script is referenced in the error message:
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
You can either fix the script or, as you are removing the package
anyway, just make it exit 0 and be done with this.
Grüße,
Sven.
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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.
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