Hi, I installed some mysql 5 packages on my development server. I had to do a --force-all to get them to install. I've tried three different ways to remove the package but all fail (shown below). Any ideas on how to remove the package?
Thanks, Tom $ sudo apt-get remove mysql-server-5.0 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: The package mysql-server-5.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. $ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq mysql-server-5.0 dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. (Reading database ... 96583 files and directories currently installed.) Removing mysql-server-5.0 ... /etc/init.d/mysql: line 22: /lib/lsb/init-functions: No such file or directory invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 /etc/init.d/mysql: line 22: /lib/lsb/init-functions: No such file or directory invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. /etc/init.d/mysql: line 22: /lib/lsb/init-functions: No such file or directory invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 $ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server-5.0 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: The package mysql-server-5.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
