On Wednesday 29 February 2012 20:02:01 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > >> >> 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. > > It seems the post-script routine is in a very bad shape. Have you tried > by appending "--force-remove-reinstreq"?
I saw that one, tried it. Did not help. Actually, it is the "pre"-removal script that is at fault. (Meanwhile, this cripples apt. I can install/upgrade packages using dpkg without the apt-get frontend but this is quite tedious.) -- 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/201202292035.13048.d_ba...@012.net.il
