On 13-Dec-2001 nate wrote: > <quote who="Stephen J. Thompson"> >> Hello All, >> >> >> I have tried installing the package but it is F****d. Can anyone >> help me on removing it? > > if apt-get can't remove it and dpkg can't..id say fuckit and > edit the /var/lib/dpkg/status file and remove it from there, > then the system should no longer think its installed. ive > edited the status file for other reasons(tricking it into > thinking something is installed when its not) and it works > ok.. >
there is rarely a situation the dpkg can not handle. The --force options are there for when dpkg gets very confused, such as this one.
