Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management

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Subject: Re: Single broken package blocks whole package management
From: Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 12:09:44 -0500
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 05:26:21PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> Yes, and my question should be about dpkg & friends how to get out of
> that state where a single corrupted package blocks everything.

Use dpkg to purge it.  With force if needed.

dpkg --force-help

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