On Wednesday 20 November 2002 23:30, Jan Johansson wrote: > >dpkg --purge package > > > >If this is failing, give us more info. > > argus:/etc/exim# dpkg --purge exim > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of exim: > at depends on mail-transport-agent; however: > Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. > Package exim which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. > mailx depends on mail-transport-agent; however: > Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. > Package exim which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed. > dpkg: error processing exim (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > Errors were encountered while processing: > exim > argus:/etc/exim#
then we pull out the big guns: *WARNING* dpkg --force-depends --purge exim Use this only when you KNOW for CERTAIN this is safe. In the case of exim your machine will not fall over and die because it is missing a mail server. *WARNING* For more info see dpkg --force-help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]