[Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10

[Sarkhan Elkhanzade]

Yes, it is. But first do not forget did a backup of status file.

Sarkhan

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Mathew R. Phillips <
mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu> wrote:

> That did it!...so basically when a package is corrupted delete it from that
> status file and reinstall it with apt and it overwrites the corrupt
> stuff...very neat.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of Sarkhan Elkhanzade
> Sent: Wed 12/16/2009 11:51 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455541
>
> Try solution from post #4. It should work. Don't forget backup your
> '/var/lib/dpkg/status'
> file. If something goes wrong you can restore your system with that file.
>
> Regards,
> Sarkhan Elkhanzade
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Mathew R. Phillips <
> mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu> wrote:
>
> > This is what i get
> >
> > matt at matt-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq
> > flashplugin-nonfree
> > dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > (Reading database ... 115417 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
> > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
> > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
> > dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
> >  subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
> > postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
> > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> >  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status
> 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  flashplugin-nonfree
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of Sarkhan Elkhanzade
> > Sent: Mon 12/14/2009 2:13 PM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10
> >
> > Did you tried 'dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq "package name" ' ?
> >
> > Sarkhan Elkhanzade
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mathew R. Phillips <
> > mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ok...so I've had flash working since i got 9.10 installed on my
> computer.
> > > The other day i did some updates and now its saying that flash is not
> > > installed anymore. I've tried some forum postings and i can't seem to
> get
> > > anything working. And to make things worse I have a messed up
> > > flashplugin-nonfree package that i cannot fully remove right now.
> > >
> > > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > >   flashplugin-nonfree
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > > 2 not fully installed or removed.
> > > After this operation, 160kB disk space will be freed.
> > > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> > > dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
> > >  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> > >  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  flashplugin-nonfree
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to manually get rid of a package without using
> > > kpackagekit or apt?
> > >
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