Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.19 Severity: normal I am unable tu purge libxml2. dpkg claims libwmf0.2 depends on it and so does not allow removal, but libwmf0.2 is not installed according to dpkg:
$ dpkg -P libwmf0.2 dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove libwmf0.2 which isn't installed. $ dpkg -P libxml2 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libxml2: libwmf0.2-2 depends on libxml2 (>= 2.4.0-1). dpkg: error processing libxml2 (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libxml2 I managed to get rid of libwmf0.2 with apg-get: apt-get remove libwmf0.2 removed it correctly. I did not try dpkg --remove. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Kernel Version: Linux ulises 2.4.17 #1 s�b dic 22 01:07:33 CET 2001 i486 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-1 The GNU stdc++ library
