On Wednesday 11 May 2005 19:32, belahcene wrote: > I tried to instal a package ( openoffice 2.0 beta ) , it failed for > incomplete resource, so I want to remove, because I can't install > anyting it always gives me the error tied with this package. > I tried apt-get remove, it says that it can't find the package. The apt > system is broken, how to fix it, and force the removing of the package ? > thank you very much > bela
Are you *sure* you have the package name correct? Try apt-cache search openoffice and, if that fails: apt-cache search oo To see if you can find the package under a different name from what you expect. You'll have to have it exactly right, or apt-get won't recognise it. If you are *sure*, then you can try the following. However: *BIG DISCLAIMER*: If you screw up with this, or if you're doing this unnecessarily and break stuff, I won't be held responsible. State the problem more clearly, with exact error messages etc., and we'll be more sure of what you should do to fix it. That said, you might try: dpkg -L packagename to get a list of the files it installed. If that fails, try cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list If that too fails, you'll just have to manually uninstall it by deleting the relevant files. One way to get that list of files is to look at the files in the package itself (apt-get -d packagename, then look in /var/cache/apt for the package. If you know anyone with the *same* package, you can use their /var/lib/dpkg/info/packagename.list file. Another option might be to make a fake entry for the package in /var/lib/dpkg/status, then try apt-get --purge remove again. -- Lee. Please send replies to the list, not to my email address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
