-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 18 May 1997, lars wrote:
> Thank you all for your pointers to TeX/LaTeX references, but can > someone now tell me how to force the removal of the xypic package? > dpkg -i tetex-base_etc tells me what to do to remove it, but it > doesn't work at all. Here is the output: > > # dpkg --purge --force-depends xypic > (Reading database ... 23313 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing xypic ... > dpkg: error processing xypic (--purge): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 > Errors were encountered while processing: > xypic > # > > Is there a way to tell dpkg to remove all references to xypic from the > database, regardless of the presence of files, which are gonna be > replaced by tetex anyway? Thanks again. The best thing to do in this instance is to look at the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/xypic.prerm, find what command might be failing, and disable that command (or remove the "set -e" line). Then remove the package and it should work. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Scott K. Ellis | Argue for your limitations and | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sure enough, they're yours. | | | -- Illusions | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM4EGANH31Ek1qsc9AQHh2wP/c9680qehBoF6N8AQEWi6MkS5eUMeh633 3Ubs4Ju/oRa6n2yvkl2+Qt77qAyxqjYsulVV0+Kxgjqug9ZlAK0Lje/qRaP9KTxK sVVk5uXrDy5Pu7RsRyl0cr902YdwTCGRtCT0YXsCo4AZF30DQKzBqO1lQnYyd6D0 BrZ5ZPCzWhU= =k8xe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
