On 28 Aug 2001 23:47:12 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Arrgh ... on -all- of these I get > > dpkg: unknown force/refuse option 'reinstreq' > > wtf? i say, wtf? ... I'm reading the same man pages that are recommending > the same things that get called 'unknown' when I try to invoke them.
Now it's time for surgery. Go find the deb file and run dpkg -c aime-whatever-.deb Just destroy all the files that are listed as being part of the package and judisciously scrub the c> > G > > +----------------+ > http://www.burningclown.com > "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" > +----------------+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > onfig files from /etc or wherever. I'd also make a backup of /var/lib/dpkg/status and then edit the status field for aime to not installed since I have the feeling that the package tools will bomb on this too. I'd wait and see if someone else has comments since I haven't done this before and I THINK (let me say that again - I THINK) this should work. --mike
