On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 12:54:32PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Ben Messinger wrote: > > > While using apt-get to update my packages (144mb worth) I lost my ppp > > connection. I re-connected and resumed the update, but the package that > > was being downloaded when the connection was lost got corrupted (all > > other packages upgraded properly). This package (ftape) is now stuck > > part installed/part uninstalled/part updated. > > > #<snip> > > > > Any idea how to correct this? I am not able to install/remove any > > packages at this time due to this situation. Please advise. Thanks in > > advance. > > I'm not where I can check it right now, but I believe dpkg (not dselect) has > an option > to force a removal. You might check the man pages for dpkg.
dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq packagename -- ---------------------------------- + Peter Granroth + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + + http://granroth.ml.org + ----------------------------------
