On the 16/01/2011 19:55, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> On the 16/01/2011 14:13, Klaus Jantzen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to remove a program/module. As I have probably played >>> around with it too often >>> I cannot get rid of it. >>> Now, whenever I try to install another program, I get the message >>> >>> "texlive-lang-cyrillic: subprocess post-removal script returned error >>> exit status 1" >>> >>> and nothing is installed. >>> Even when I ask synaptic to only remove that module I get the same >>> message. >>> >>> What do I have to do to remove the module? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> ls /var/lib/dpkg/info | grep texlive-lang-cyrillic >> >> should give you a list off pre/post install scripts, since the message >> talks about post-removal look at the script ending in ".postrm" and see >> if you can find what's going wrong in the script (looking to remove >> non-existent directory ?). >> If you can't find what's wrong with the script you can move it aside and >> purge the package again, but be aware that any necessary action which >> should have been performed by the ".postrm" script will no happen, >> potentially leaving unwanted stuff in your system. >> >> Also have a look at the bugs for this package, this may already be a >> known issue. >> >> >> > With the command you posted I found the various scripts for > texlive-lang-cyrillic. > I tried to find out where ...postrm had a problem but I did not succeed > (did'nt try too much). > So I "removed" .postrm by renaming it and called Synaptic again to > remove this package: > Success! It disappeared and I hope I never see it again. > Now installations work again. > > Thank you for your fast help. >
Glad it helped, but now cyrillic language is probably still registered in your texlive installation, since the postrm script is supposed to do some clean-up there after texlive-lang-cyrillic is removed. A good move if you can't identify what went wrong in the script would be to check your texlive install (maybe "dpkg-reconfigure" texlive-base and texlive-common at least), then reinstall/purge texlive-lang-cyrillic. Now you know the workaround if it goes ashtray again, and if it works it may spare you some problems later on when you'll have forgotten about the incident. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d3349ae.8050...@googlemail.com
