Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-19 Thread Christian Hudon
On Jun 19, Mark Phillips wrote > > The file kernel-source-1.99.7.list is empty. Can you give me a list > of files to check for before removing mention of it from status? Oh. It looks like none of the files from the package (except the dpkg 'control' files) got installed. Then just edit the file

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-19 Thread Mark Phillips
On 18 Jun 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > I just read about this. I think that the best thing to do at > the moment is to remove mention of the package from > /var/lib/dpkg/status. Look at the files mentioned in > /var/lib/dpkg/kernel-source-1.99.7.list, and make sure that they a

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I just read about this. I think that the best thing to do at the moment is to remove mention of the package from /var/lib/dpkg/status. Look at the files mentioned in /var/lib/dpkg/kernel-source-1.99.7.list, and make sure that they are gone. Also remove /usr/src/linux; if you are go

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Mark Phillips
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Christian Hudon wrote: > On Jun 18, Mark Phillips wrote > > > > Thanks for the advice. I gave it a go and came up with: > > > > # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7 > > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > > Package is in a

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Rick Hawkins
> Thanks for the advice. I gave it a go and came up with: > > # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7 > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > (R

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Christian Hudon
On Jun 18, Mark Phillips wrote > > Thanks for the advice. I gave it a go and came up with: > > # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7 > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it b

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Mark Phillips
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Christian Hudon wrote: > On Jun 16, Mark Phillips wrote > > > > I have a package "kernel-source-1.99.7" which for some reason is half > > installed. When I try to deinstall it I get this: > [snip] > > > > How do I get rid of it? > > If reinstalling the package really isn't

Re: Can't deinstall package

1997-06-18 Thread Christian Hudon
On Jun 16, Mark Phillips wrote > > Hi, > > I have a package "kernel-source-1.99.7" which for some reason is half > installed. When I try to deinstall it I get this: [snip] > > How do I get rid of it? If reinstalling the package really isn't an option, you can try passing the --force-remove-rei

Can't deinstall package

1997-06-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, I have a package "kernel-source-1.99.7" which for some reason is half installed. When I try to deinstall it I get this: dpkg: error processing kernel-source-1.99.7 (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were en