[Q] How to remove a broken package

2001-02-20 Thread wen
hi, I am in deep trouble with managing packages. I could not remove a package which is in the status of half-installed. When I try to remove it by dpkg -r or dselect I get a error message as follows, --- dpkg: error processing tfm-arphic-bkai00mp (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent

Re: [Q] How to remove a broken package

2001-02-20 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in deep trouble with managing packages. I could not remove a package which is in the status of half-installed. When I try to remove it by dpkg -r or dselect I get a error message as follows, --- dpkg: error processing tfm-arphic-bkai00mp (--remove): Package is in a

Re: [Q] How to remove a broken package(SOLVED)

2001-02-20 Thread wen
cjw44 Either download it and 'dpkg -i tfm...deb', or else 'apt-get --reinstall cjw44 install tfm-arphic-bkai00mp'. After I edited the script of postinst it was removed. Thanks anyway. Regards, --Wen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Q] How to remove a broken package

2001-02-20 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, I had these exact problems with four of the arphic font packages. Finally filed a bug report against them and got a nice response from the maintainer. In order for these things to get installed properly you will need to install the package xutils. Then I'd guess you could remove them,

Re: [Q] How to remove a broken package(SOLVED)

2001-02-20 Thread wen
glenn I had these exact problems with four of the arphic font glenn packages. Finally filed a bug report against them and got a nice response glenn from the maintainer. glenn glenn In order for these things to get installed properly you will need to glenn install the package xutils. Then I'd