On 12-Dec-2001 Stephen J. Thompson wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a package that does not want to be removed. All I keep getting is the > following: > > ferengi:~/temp# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: The package firebird-classic needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > archive for it. > > I have tried installing the package but it is F****d. Can anyone help me on > removing it? >
you need to fall back to dpkg. # dpkg --force-reinstreq --purge firebird-classic should do it. Give dpkg --force-help a look.
