On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 05:07:20PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Something went terribly wrong while trying to install a debain package > called gtkwifi. Now I'm unable to reinstall the package or force its > removal. And using apt-get -f install has not worked either. When trying > to reinstall via dpk it keeps complaining: "The package gtkwifi needs to > be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. The deb is in my > home directory. Using the --force-all option (for reinstall and removal) > didn't help either.
What's the full command line and exact message you get? With dpkg, you have to specify the location of the package, something like dpkg -i /home/nick/gtkwiki.deb -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]