> > Hi, > > I'm having some trouble using dpkg for removing packages: > > ~# dpkg -l > > ii elm-me+ 2.4pl25ME+39-1 MIME & PGP-aware interactive mail reader > > which means the package is installed, but: > > ~# dpkg --remove elm-me+_2.4pl25ME+39-1 > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove elm-me+_2.4pl25ME+39-1 which > isn't installed.
You are trying too hard :) The package is elm-me+, the version is 2.4pl25ME+39-1. You don't need to tell dpkg which version to uninstall, there can only be one version installed, and dpkg knows which one that is, so just type: dpkg --remove elm-me+ This should do the trick if there are no dependencies that block you. > I even tried: > # dpkg --force --remove elm-me+_2.4pl25ME+39-1 > # dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq elm-me+_2.4pl25ME+39-1 Be _very_ careful with this last option, especially don't use it if you are uncertain about what you are doing, and if you are certain, don't do it anyway, think again. > I'd like to do this through dpkg, but eventually had to do it with > dselect... what's wrong here? > > Also, does dselect use the same db than dpkg (it should if dselect is dpkg's > gui)? Dselect and dpkg and apt all use the same db. It is very nice of you to call dselect a gui :) HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
