On Wednesday 29 February 2012 16:50:26 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > >> > Package apparently obselete, dependencies no longer installable. > >> > However, I cannot remove it. > >> > >> > >> > >> How did you remove it? apt-get, aptitude, dpkg, synaptic... > > > > apt-get / dpkg -r/ dpkg -P > > I do not use aptitude > > And what's the full output for that commands? ~$ sudo dpkg -P postgresql-8.1 (Reading database ... 546325 files and directories currently installed.) Removing postgresql-8.1 ... find: `/usr/share/postgresql/8.1/tsearch_data': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.1 (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 update-rc.d: warning: postgresql-8.1 stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (S 0 1 6) Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.1
Note that the "find: error is new. I have the init.d script doing nothing. The daemon is not running. > > You can also give aptitude a chance, sometimes it renders very useful > when dealing with broken packages or conflictive situations. At least it > uses to be more verbose. Also show error, no so verbose in its UI. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201202291754.10614.d_ba...@012.net.il
