Dear AKR,
>
> when i type "dpkg --remove <pkgname>" i get an error message saying
> the following-
>
> install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
>
> what does this mean? the man pages, docs etc don't seem to be
> helpful.
Which package are you trying to uninstall ? Have you tried to
'dpkg --remove --help' ?
Another leeeetle thing that you might have overlooked. I believe you are
running Potato unstable. So the uninst scripts might have a problem. Just
maybe.
Please mail us back with some more details.
PAI
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