On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:14:20PM +0000, Rainer Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > how could I possibly remove the packet hplip in Etch while getting > error messages like these? > > # aptitude remove hplip > Reading package lists... Done ... > Writing extended state information... Done > (Reading database ... 107041 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing hplip ... > usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...] > update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...] > update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f] > > update-python-modules: error: /usr/share/python-support/hplip does not exist
It lokos to me like you've either got a partially installed hplip that causes the removal scripts to bomb _or_ you've changed versions of python underneath hplip and trhat's causing it to bomb. I suggest you aptitude reinstall hplip first and then try removing again. A
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