Hi,
> I recall posting a few direct suggestions that I don't believe were
> responded to. These issues can be difficult to resolve. List traffic's
> also been high the past couple of days, and I've been thinning out mail
> significantly.
Yes. I succumbed to the desperation that these things so
on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 07:26:35PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > The document in Polish doesn't really contain anything useful regarding your
> > problem. Basically it just reiterates that packages marked
> > "reinstall-required" cannot be handled by dpkg unle
Hi,
> The document in Polish doesn't really contain anything useful regarding your
> problem. Basically it just reiterates that packages marked
> "reinstall-required" cannot be handled by dpkg unless you use
> --force-reinstreq or whatever. Dead end there :D
Wow. Thanks for checking that out!
S
On August 29, 2001 06:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In re:
> > Now it's time for surgery.
> > Go find the deb file and run dpkg -c aime-whatever-.deb
> >
> > Just destroy all the files that are listed as being part of the package
> > and judisciously scrub the c>
>
> OK, I'll try it.
>
> BUT an
In re:
> Now it's time for surgery.
> Go find the deb file and run dpkg -c aime-whatever-.deb
>
> Just destroy all the files that are listed as being part of the package
> and judisciously scrub the c>
OK, I'll try it.
BUT and I do mean BUT ... this is Kafka-esque. I don't often run into a
prob
On 28 Aug 2001 23:47:12 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Arrgh ... on -all- of these I get
>
> dpkg: unknown force/refuse option 'reinstreq'
>
> wtf? i say, wtf? ... I'm reading the same man pages that are recommending
> the same things that get called 'unknown' when I try to invoke them.
No
On 28 Aug 2001 21:30:39 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 11:01:12PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant ([EMAIL
> PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On 28 Aug 2001 22:51:00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wrote:
>
> <...>
>
> > > I keep thinking, hey, this is a MUD server thang, it can't have fing
Arrgh ... on -all- of these I get
dpkg: unknown force/refuse option 'reinstreq'
wtf? i say, wtf? ... I'm reading the same man pages that are recommending
the same things that get called 'unknown' when I try to invoke them.
G
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On 28 Aug 2001 23:24:25 -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
> On 28 Aug 2001 23:08:04 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > Okay:
> >
> > > Take a shot of whiskey and type:
> > > dkpg --force-remove-reinstreq aime
> >
> > Did this. And got this:
> >
> > dpkg: need an action option
> >
> > Typ
on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 11:01:12PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 28 Aug 2001 22:51:00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
<...>
> > I keep thinking, hey, this is a MUD server thang, it can't have fingers in
> > too many of the system pies (can it?), isn't there a way ju
On 28 Aug 2001 23:08:04 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> Okay:
>
> > Take a shot of whiskey and type:
> > dkpg --force-remove-reinstreq aime
>
> Did this. And got this:
>
> dpkg: need an action option
>
> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
> Use dselec
Okay:
> Take a shot of whiskey and type:
> dkpg --force-remove-reinstreq aime
Did this. And got this:
dpkg: need an action option
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use dselect for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debu
On 28 Aug 2001 22:51:00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> > dpkg -r someprogram
> >
> > and let us know your results.
>
> Here's what came back:
>
> dpkg: error processing aime (--remove):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> dpkg -r someprogram
>
> and let us know your results.
Here's what came back:
dpkg: error processing aime (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
aime
... essentially the same t
on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 06:18:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As has happened sometimes in the past, I've got a package that seems to be
> in "trouble," and I can't figure out what to do with it ... since it never
> -really- seems to get all the way installed
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 07:39:16PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > Have you tried apt-get --purge remove
>
> Just did this. I got the following
>
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> aime*
> 0 packages upgraded, 0
Hi,
> Have you tried apt-get --purge remove
Just did this. I got the following
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aime*
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed
Have you tried apt-get --purge remove
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As has happened sometimes in the past, I've got a
> package that seems to be
> in "trouble," and I can't figure out what to do with
> it ... since it never
> -really- seems to get all the way installed. I'd
> like to
Hi,
As has happened sometimes in the past, I've got a package that seems to be
in "trouble," and I can't figure out what to do with it ... since it never
-really- seems to get all the way installed. I'd like to just do away with
it entirely.
The package in question is the MUD server aime. Here i
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