On Friday 03 June 2016 14:09:21 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Hi, > > Gene Heskett wrote on 06/03/16 13:14: > > Greetings all; > > > > I re-added the amd64 architecture to the architecture's in > > dpkg/synaptic, but the package -> force-version remains stubbornly > > ghosted, so I cannot fix any broken patckages that are preventing > > the install of any updates. > > > > So I try to have dpkg remove the amd64 aarchitecture, but now get a > > database is locked error. The system is working, quite stably, but > > I > > Using aptitude I would command > > aptitude purge '~ramd64'
Strange, a tilde in place of a - sign. I had to stare at that a while before it registered. :) This claims there are more than 40 and refuses. > and maybe > > aptitude purge '~c' Spits out a list of 109 files, which will likely destroy the system. I did not allow it to continue. Does it also have an install command that would install the i386 versions? That IS what this install originally was. > which should remove leftover config files from packages previously > removed. > > Then again > > dpkg --remove-architecture amd64 > Already done that, but had to use a text editor on the arch file. dpkg refused, claiming the database was busy. And I rebooted after I did that. > Regards, > jvp. > > > cannot update anything. A dpkg -C spits out about 60 files in > > error, all tagged :amd64. So I can't count, it was over a screenfull. :) > > What are the steps I should take to fix this? > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Thanks JVP. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
