Ben Messinger wrote: > While using apt-get to update my packages (144mb worth) I lost my ppp > connection. I re-connected and resumed the update, but the package that > was being downloaded when the connection was lost got corrupted (all > other packages upgraded properly). This package (ftape) is now stuck > part installed/part uninstalled/part updated.
> #<snip> > > Any idea how to correct this? I am not able to install/remove any > packages at this time due to this situation. Please advise. Thanks in > advance. > > -Ben Messinger I'm not where I can check it right now, but I believe dpkg (not dselect) has an option to force a removal. You might check the man pages for dpkg.
