Got the same problem. My version of ngircd is 0.10.0-3 (like the first post). It blocks all other installs/uninstalls.
# apt-get remove ngircd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: ngircd 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 13 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 254kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 39524 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ngircd ... Stopping Next generation IRC server: invoke-rc.d: initscript ngircd, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing ngircd (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ngircd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) # -- ngircd will not uninstall or update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127496 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
