<quote who="David Fisher"> > Removing plptools-kde ... > dirname: too many arguments > Try `dirname --help' for more information. > dpkg: error processing plptools-kde (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > plptools-kde > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > You have new mail in /var/mail/david > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Is something in the apt database on colossus corrupted? At least, how > can I get rid of this thing? I don't have a Psion PDA, don't wan't a > Psion PDA, and if this is the way the software to support them > generally behaves, will never get a bloody Psion PDA.
No, this is just a packaging problem. As it says in the error, the pre- removal script had an error in it (a problem with dirname, given the output). The pre-removal script will be: /var/lib/dpkg/info/plptools-kde.prerm Jump into that file and see what the dirname problem is. It may just be that you can comment out the broken line and it will uninstall happily. Also, when you're removing things that you really don't ever want again, it's useful to use --purge, which will also remove any configuration information. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ http://www.xach.com/debian-users-are-beatniks.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
