http://www.cs.ust.hk/~yalding/blog/2006/09/how-to-completely-remove- jedit-in.html
The above process complete remove jedit package by brute force, which is following the referece: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=39563 1. I opened up the deb files with Archive Manager, to have an idea of where the files install, and followed through and saw where all the files are, and uninstalled them. 2. Also make sure you read the files in the control zip file within the deb package with gedit (or other editor), and find out where the files where installed. 3. Make sure all installed files and folders are deleted. Some files will require root pass, so be careful you don't delete other files and folders. 4. After making sure that all files and folders are deleted. - Check "/var/packages" to see if there are any related folders and delete them. 5. The most important: - In order to remove package info from system, go into "/var/lib/dpkg/info", and delete all files associated with package and delete them. 6. Now go into a terminal and type: - sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq (without brackets) - Then, sudo dpkg --purge (without brackets) 7. Update repositories with: sudo apt-get update -- i tried installing jedit and this is what i got https://launchpad.net/bugs/55702 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
