Re: After upgrading to stretch, a package refuses to purge or upgrade

2019-03-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 07:04:08AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Charlie Kravetz writes: > > You may have to remove Orca and all associated programs before you can > > remove espeakup. > > Thanks and you are correct but orca is not installed on > either of the two systems so thankfully,

Re: After upgrading to stretch, a package refuses to purge or upgrade

2019-03-31 Thread Martin McCormick
Charlie Kravetz writes: > You may have to remove Orca and all associated programs before you can > remove espeakup. Thanks and you are correct but orca is not installed on either of the two systems so thankfully, that won't be necessary > Other than that, someone much wiser than myself w

Re: After upgrading to stretch, a package refuses to purge or upgrade

2019-03-30 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 22:18:52 -0500 "Martin McCormick" wrote: >I am stuck between old package and script files which I can't >seem to get rid of so new ones can stop and start services in the >new way. > > The package in question is called speakup and is the >screen reader for debian among o

After upgrading to stretch, a package refuses to purge or upgrade

2019-03-30 Thread Martin McCormick
I am stuck between old package and script files which I can't seem to get rid of so new ones can stop and start services in the new way. The package in question is called speakup and is the screen reader for debian among other Linuxen. I need to blow away the old package and install an up