Marty wrote: > Freddie Witherden wrote: > >> Here is the result of using that command: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg --force-all -P webmin-core >> (Reading database ... 75153 files and directories currently installed.) >> Removing webmin-core ... >> /etc/webmin/webmin.acl: No such file or directory >> dpkg: error processing webmin-core (--purge): >> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 >> /etc/webmin/webmin.acl: No such file or directory >> dpkg: error while cleaning up: >> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> webmin-core > > > That just means that you somehow deleted or corrupted the > post-installation script > and unless that runs dpkg doesn't "know" if the package is really purged. > >> >> Does anyone know a way of forcing apt/dpkg to forget that a package >> even exists? > > > If you don't care about whether it's really purged, you can just replace > the post-installation script with a do-nothing executable script, i.e. > one > that just the runs runs "true" or the equivalent. Otherwise you could > replace > the script and rerun the purge command. Since I don't run webmin I > don't have > it handy, but you can just extract it from the .deb using dpkg -x > <filename, directory> > > TRY IT!! https://www.scientificlinux.org/
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