list of installed packages messed up

Hi all, I just realized that many packages which I've installed cannot be removed because according to dpkg -s and apt-get, they aren't installed (eg gpm), when they really are installed. What do I do? Thanks. -- Eric Boo Sunday, May 27, 2001, 12:27 PM 13 hours and 3 minutes

Re: list of installed packages messed up

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:29:05PM +0800, Eric Boo wrote: I just realized that many packages which I've installed cannot be removed because according to dpkg -s and apt-get, they aren't installed (eg gpm), when they really are installed. What do I do? Assuming you did install 'em via

Re: list of installed packages messed up

Verily, on 27 May 2001 12:36AM (-0400), Carl Fink thusly proclaimed: - Assuming you did install 'em via dpkg/apt, you might try reinstalling - them (which would replace your existing binaries and conf files with - the ones from the package), then uninstalling. Yep, I did install them via