On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Christian Hudon wrote:
> On Jun 16, Mark Phillips wrote
> >
> > I have a package "kernel-source-1.99.7" which for some reason is half
> > installed. When I try to deinstall it I get this:
> [snip]
> >
> > How do I get rid of it?
>
> If reinstalling the package really isn't an option, you can try passing the
> --force-remove-reinstreq to dpkg when removing the package.
Thanks for the advice. I gave it a go and came up with:
# dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 28305 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kernel-source-1.99.7 ...
The file /usr/src/.linux-versions does not exist. This is an
misconfiguration, making it hard to provide a /usr/src/linux
symlink if the latest target is removed.
Please Hit return to continue.
Error: /usr/src/linux not a symbolic link, not removing.
dpkg: error processing kernel-source-1.99.7 (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-source-1.99.7
So I still can't get rid of it. Any more ideas?
Thanks.
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