Read the following at debianhelp.org: http://www.debianhelp.org/article.php?sid=248
--- Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >What do I need to do to remove a package that was broken during the >installation process ? Below, please find the trials I already run >N-times. > >Thanks in advance for any help! > >Cheers, > >Lukas > >dselect - Install reports: >======= >Removing spong-client ... >Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing >spong-client (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 >Errors were encountered while processing: > spong-client >E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the >packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors >or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors >above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall >again >Press enter to continue. > >dpkg -r spong-client >======= >(Reading database ... 81180 files and directories currently installed.) >Removing spong-client ... >Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing >spong-client (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 >Errors were encountered while processing: > spong-client > >dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq spong-client >======= >(Reading database ... 81180 files and directories currently installed.) >Removing spong-client ... >Stopping spong client programs: spong-clientdpkg: error processing >spong-client (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 >Errors were encountered while processing: > spong-client > >-- >Lukas Ruf Swiss Federal Institute of Technology >Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and >Phone: +41/1/632 7312 Networks Laboratory (TIK) >Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum >PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED; Gloriastr. 35 >Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7 CH-8092 Zurich > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net
