Buffalo Phil wrote:
>
> how can I <<purge my system of the Ximian stuff>> ?
I'm not sure what the best way is but . . .
find the offending ximian package (you said dpkg -l|grep ximian which
sounds good) and run:
#apt-cache show <evil ximian package>
this should tell you all about the ximian package and the Debian package
that it replaces. Then you need to get the package (if it's still in
/var/cache/apt/archives your set but if not you'll have to get it via
ftp). Now run:
#dpkg -i <blessed Debian package>
Rinse, lather, repeat (for every single package that ximian put on your
box :(
later,
Andy
