Thank you! This worked perfectly. I'm now back to a clean installation of CUPS.
Regards, Randy On 23 Jul 2001 10:42:56 -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > "Randolph S. Kahle" wrote: > > > > I may have messed up my package database... > > ximian may have messed it up too. I find that it's a good idea to stay > away from ximian and use the gnome stuff from the Debian archives. > Ximian writes great stuff but they don't do a very good job packaging it > so it creates conflicts a lot. > > > > > I installed CUPS (1.0.4-9) via Ximian RedCarpet. That went fine. > > > > <snip> > > > How can I get rid of CUPS so that I > > can do a clean re-install? > > > > I'd try this: > > $apt-cache search cups > > This will list a bunch of packages. Figure out which ones are installed > by doing: > > $dpkg --status <package_name> > > if this tells you that the package is installed you can: > > #dpkg -r --purge <package_name> > > This (long process) should remove cups from your system. I'd also > recommend getting rid of Ximain and installing Gnome from the Debian > .debs. It really does eliminate a lot of headaches. > > later, > Andy > > P.S. I haven't used Ximian in a while but from the type of packaging > error your getting I'm assuming they still haven't figured out how to > package things properly. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
