Although I don't have an Edgy installation right now, by looking at the source I think I can confirm this bug.
The problem is that scim-gtk2-immodule calls /usr/sbin/update-gtk- immodule in its postrm script, but this command is in package libgtk2.0-bin, which can be removed before or at the same time as scim- gtk2-immodule is removed. The attached patch will be in the Debian upload 1.4.4-5 (pending upload), I propose it be applied to the version in Ubuntu as well. Ming, Debian maintainer of scim ** Attachment added: "proposed patch" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4227788/scim-gtk2-immodule_postrm.patch -- scim-gtk2-immodule doesn't purge cleanly https://launchpad.net/bugs/52087 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs