Knud =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8rensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"David B. Harris" wrote: >> To quote Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> # apt-get got over 40 packets to install including X windows 4.0 >> >> Not surprising. gnome-db is even now developmental software; it would >> require lots of new GNOME stuff : >> >> # 1) So, How do I return to stable ?? >> >> You remove each and every one of those 40 packages that were installed, >> and you pray :) You did keep a list of those packages, didn't you? :) > >That what i have tried to but some of the packets >pre or post remove scripts fails!
Edit the scripts in /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.prerm (or postrm, or preinst or postinst for install scripts), find out what's causing them to fail (changing '#!/bin/sh' on the first line to '#!/bin/sh -x' will give you a trace and make it very obvious where they're failing), fix them, and try removing them again. Oh, and please file a bug against the relevant packages if one hasn't been filed already. >So, is the any way to remove a packet without running them. ? You could always move them out of the way and carry out the actions they perform manually. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
