The original uninstall error was about a file that didn't exist and I created it so it would uninstall, but then the uninstall crashed like shown below. This is what happens when I try to purge.
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: nagios2* nagios2-common* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 3351kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 117004 files and directories currently installed.) Removing nagios2 ... Removing nagios2-common ... dpkg: error processing nagios2-common (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: nagios2-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- nagios2 won't install/update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256920 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nagios2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs