Read the following at debianhelp.org:
http://www.debianhelp.org/article.php?sid=248
--- Lukas Ruf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
What do I need to do to remove a package that was broken during the
installation process ? Below, please find the trials I already run
N-times.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Cheers,
Lukas
dselect - Install reports:
===
Removing spong-client ...
Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing
spong-client (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
spong-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall
again
Press enter to continue.
dpkg -r spong-client
===
(Reading database ... 81180 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing spong-client ...
Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing
spong-client (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
spong-client
dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq spong-client
===
(Reading database ... 81180 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing spong-client ...
Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing
spong-client (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
spong-client
--
Lukas RufSwiss Federal Institute of Technology
Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and
Phone: +41/1/632 7312Networks Laboratory (TIK)
Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum
PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED;Gloriastr. 35
Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7CH-8092 Zurich
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_
Want a new web-based email account ? --- http://www.firstlinux.net
