Hi all. Some time ago aptitude decided I needed the package "wx2.8-headers". Unfortunately, it failed while trying to install it. For a couple days I could still perform a safe-upgrade without too much trouble (the updated packages were installing and the broken one was the last). So I tried to remove that same package, but unfortunately that task failed too, and I am now stuck with an unusable aptitude.
osmosis:~# aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Resolving dependencies... The following packages have been kept back: fglrx-driver{a} fglrx-glx fglrx-glx-ia32{a} hplip-data{a} python-wxgtk2.8 The following packages will be REMOVED: wx2.8-headers{u} The following packages will be upgraded: alacarte alsa-base cpp debian-maintainers g++ gcalctool gcc gkrellweather libbrlapi0.5 libcryptui0 libgcj-bc libgcj-common libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libjs-jquery libk5crypto3 libkadm5srv6 libkdb5-4 libkrb5-3 libkrb5-dev libkrb5support0 libloudmouth1-0 libneon27 libneon27-gnutls libnspr4-0d libnspr4-dev libpulse0 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libsoup2.4-1 libsoup2.4-dev libsoup2.4-doc linux-sound-base openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-evolution openoffice.org-filter-binfilter openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-officebean openoffice.org-report-builder-bin openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-writer python-brlapi python-uno seahorse ttf-opensymbol uno-libs3 ure 61 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/129MB of archives. After unpacking 12.3MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Writing extended state information... Done Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 185282 files and directories currently installed.) Removing wx2.8-headers ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2096, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2090, in main rv = action.run(global_options) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1550, in run pkg.read_version_info() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 804, in read_version_info raise PyCentralError, "package has no field Python-Version" __main__.PyCentralError: package has no field Python-Version dpkg: error processing wx2.8-headers (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2096, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2090, in main rv = action.run(global_options) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1386, in run pkg.read_version_info() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 804, in read_version_info raise PyCentralError, "package has no field Python-Version" __main__.PyCentralError: package has no field Python-Version dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: wx2.8-headers E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done "remove" and "purge" also fail. How can I finally get rid of that f...@#!ing package? Thanks, -RV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org