You should be able to use "fink reinstall libpng3" and then remove it.
-- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Michael Bovee wrote: > On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 10:25 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > Here's another one: > > sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq system-xfree86 > > Okay, looks like we're getting somewhere, but the same problem seems to > have surfaced for libpng3: > > mbovee% sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq system-xfree86 > Password: > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > (Reading database ... > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `system-xfree86' > missing, assuming package has no files currently installed. > > dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `libpng3' missing, > assuming package has no files currently installed. > 40421 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing system-xfree86 ... > > Well, I call this progress. > Thanks! > --Michael > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
