i tried that and got a new error fixed:~# dpkg -P lm-sensors dpkg: error processing lm-sensors (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: lm-sensors
and when i try to reinstall it i get the depmod: QM_MODULES: function not implemented. is there any way to manually edit a config file that states what is awaiting removal or install and just remove the lm-sensors entry it isn't installed on my system, it never was. i tried to install it before and got the above error then it continually tried to install it, holding up apt-get. so i tried then to remove it, now i am stuck here. any help is greatly appreciated. craz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > dpkg --purge lm-sensors > > > > and then when that is done try apt-get again. > > > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Nathan York wrote: > > > > > whenever i do an apt-get install or anything for that matter it tries to > > > remove lm-sensors....this causes apt-get to stop due to errors received. > > > how can i tell apt-get that lm-sensors is removed and that it need not > > > remove it for me. > > > craz > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >