[Bug 1076260] Re: Cannot remove package
I can confirm the solution of idsfa. Thanks by the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1076260 Title: Cannot remove package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell-en/+bug/1076260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1076260] Re: Cannot remove package
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: aspell-en (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1076260 Title: Cannot remove package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell-en/+bug/1076260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1076260] Re: Cannot remove package
I was able to determine that this was caused (in my case) by a mistake in my SSD optimizations of the filesystem. Certain parts of the /var tree were replaced with tmpfs filesystems and thus the contents were lost upon reboot. I missed /var/cache/debconf (I expect there is a whole flamewar that could go here about the appropriateness of configuration data being stored in /var). I used the process from this thread on the ubuntu forums to rebuild my debconf database: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1823695 After this, I was able to perform upgrades again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1076260 Title: Cannot remove package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell-en/+bug/1076260/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs