problem removing package

[Amichai Rotman]

I'd try using Aptitude. It has a more intuitive and friendly way to resolve
conflics / problems and gives you a few leads to follow...

Also, although it sound like a dirty hack - I once solved the problem by
reinstalling the package and then removing it.

If it happens with other packages too - it has nothing to do with the
packages themselves - try running 'sudo updatedb' from the console. It will
update the file list. then try to remove elvis ahgain....

Good Luck!
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Amichai Rotman

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On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:23, Sergio Belkin <sebelk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried to remove a package in Ubuntu Hardy Heron with no sucess, look
> at as follows:
>
> root at coldplay:/home/sergio/Descarga# apt-get remove -f elvis
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  elvis
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 750kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> (Reading database ... 186555 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing elvis ...
> update-alternatives: unable to make
> /usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
> /etc/alternatives/editor.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing elvis (--remove):
>  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  elvis
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> root at coldplay:/home/sergio/Descarga# dpkg -r --force-all elvis
> (Reading database ... 186555 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing elvis ...
> update-alternatives: unable to make
> /usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
> /etc/alternatives/editor.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing elvis (--remove):
>  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  elvis
>
> Same problem with other packages, eg:
> root at coldplay:/home/sergio/Descarga# dpkg -r --force-all vim-nox
> (Reading database ... 186555 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing vim-nox ...
> update-alternatives: unable to make
> /usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2/man1/editor.1.gz.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
> /etc/alternatives/editor.pl.ISO8859-2.1.gz: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing vim-nox (--remove):
>  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  vim-nox
>
> How can I fix it?
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
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