problem removing package

[Mario Spinthiras]

just do a dpkg -P --force package-name



On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>wrote:

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