Rodney D. Myers <rod_my...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 8/18/12 8:56 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Rodney D. Myers <rod_my...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> > /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected >>> > invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed. >>> > dpkg: error while cleaning up: >>> > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 >>> > Errors were encountered while processing: >>> > /var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20090917-4.1_i386.deb >>> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >>> > How can I get this program uninstalled? >> Easiest thing you can do is to edit the failing init script and replace >> its contents with a simple >> >> #!/bin/sh >> exit 0 >> >> and then try to remove the package again. This new "init" script will >> exit with a positive exit code and dpkg will be happy to remove the >> package. > Dumb question. > Where is the script located? in the *.deb package The path failing script is referenced in the error message: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected You can either fix the script or, as you are removing the package anyway, just make it exit 0 and be done with this. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i91s3ahk...@mids.svenhartge.de