On 2012-10-10 15:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > In tried installing Bandwidthd from here: http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/. > It didn't install properly. On trying the re-install I got this: > > Preparing to replace bandwidthd 2.0.1 (using > .../SARGE-bandwidthd_2.0.1_i386.deb) ... > /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: Syntax error: "(" > unexpected > invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
The problem is that the /etc/init.d/bandwidthd script has an error. Replace all lines after the first with "exit 0" and it will work: #! /bin/sh exit 0 After that removing the package will probably work. Regards, Tyler -- "[...] we are not attacking the corporations, but endeavoring to do away with any evil in them. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth." -- Theodore Roosevelt -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
