On 11/30/05, T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:12:35 +0000, Andy wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > How should I go about removing files relating to the exim4 package, when > > aptitude doesn't think the package is installed? > > This is the very situation that low level command dpg comes into play. Try: > > dpkg --purge exim4
This won't work. Aptitude uses the dpkg databases to determine what is installed. Additionally, exim4's just a metapackage depending on the actual exim4 packages. In this case, he'll probably need to reinstall exim4, then remove it. For example: wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/exim4/exim4-base_4.50-8_i386.deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/exim4/exim4-daemon-light_4.50-8_i386.deb dpkg --force-depends --unpack exim4-base_4.50-8_i386.deb exim4-daemon-light_4.50-8_i386.deb dpkg --purge exim4-base exim4-daemon-light