Solved: irda-common: won't install/remove in unstable

on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 01:31:56PM -0700, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > I've been getting the following messages trying to install irda-common > on a TuxTops 20U laptop (x86, unstable) for the past month or so: > > Preparing to replace irda-common 0.9.5-2 (using > .../ir

Re: irda-common: won't install/remove in unstable

Thank god I'm not the only one with this problem. Chech the thread on removal catch-22 earlier today. I completely removed it by editing the dpkg status file, because my system was stuck completely. Be careful and good luck. --Hans At 01:31 PM 5/3/01 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: >I've been gettin

irda-common: won't install/remove in unstable

I've been getting the following messages trying to install irda-common on a TuxTops 20U laptop (x86, unstable) for the past month or so: Preparing to replace irda-common 0.9.5-2 (using .../irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb) ... Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script