On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:59:14 +0200 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 10:11:58PM -0400, David Niklas wrote: > > Hello, > > I installed vrfydmn and tuptime, but they failed to configure. I don't > > have to have them, so I decided to remove them, but I cannot uninstall > > them either. I tried with apt and with dpkg --force-all. > > > > A log is included below. > > > > If someone could tell me how to tell the system that they're not > > installed, I could remove them by hand. > > > > Or maybe you have an idea how to uninstall them. > > If you look closely at the log below... > > > # dpkg --purge --force-all vrfydmn tuptime > > (Reading database ... 2636897 files and directories currently > > installed.) Removing vrfydmn (0.11.0-4) ... > > /etc/init.d/vrfydmn: line 46: stop_daemon: command not found > > invoke-rc.d: initscript vrfydmn, action "stop" failed. > > ... /etc/init.d/vrfydmn is failing... > > > dpkg: error processing package vrfydmn (--purge): > > installed vrfydmn package pre-removal script subprocess returned > > error > > ...which is invoked by the package pre-remove script. Thus removal > fails. > > You find that pre-remove script here: > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/<your package>.prerm > > so in your case it is > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/vrfydmn.prerm > > One way to get out of that is to insert at the top of that script > an "exit 0", which makes the script always succeed, then try your > > dpkg --purge vrfydmn > > (same for your other package). > > BTW: if anyone knows a more elegant "knob" for that, I'd like to > know :-) > > Cheers
Thanks! That worked!
