>When all else fails, do it manually.
>You can edit the entry for the package out of /var/lib/dpkg/status,
>then use the info in /var/lib/dpkg/info/.list to rm the
>files in the package. You'll also want to check for anything done by
>the {pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts in the info dir. Best to keep
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 02:55:56PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> >
> >dpkg --force-reinstreq --purge irda-common
> >
> >See dpkg(8) and dpkg --force-help for details. Be warned that this has the
> >potentiol to break your system. Realistically, it's probably ok for this
> >package, especially since you've n
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Hans wrote:
> >
> >dpkg --force-reinstreq --purge irda-common
> >
> >See dpkg(8) and dpkg --force-help for details. Be warned that this has the
> >potentiol to break your system. Realistically, it's probably ok for this
> >package, especially since you've never actually install
>
>dpkg --force-reinstreq --purge irda-common
>
>See dpkg(8) and dpkg --force-help for details. Be warned that this has the
>potentiol to break your system. Realistically, it's probably ok for this
>package, especially since you've never actually installed it properly.
>
I think you meant dpkg --f
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:18:40PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> I'm running Potato 2.2r1 on a P200 desktop. For some reason (honestly, I
> didn't do it consciously) irda-common-0.9.5-2 was installed, but never
> wanted to get configured (and I don't even have ir hardware installed). It
> also wouldn't let
I have been plagued by this for a long time, decided to do something about
it and messed up. Who has kind words of advice?
I'm running Potato 2.2r1 on a P200 desktop. For some reason (honestly, I
didn't do it consciously) irda-common-0.9.5-2 was installed, but never
wanted to get configured (and I
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