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I installed vsftpd.
Immediately after setting it up, I changed my mind. I tried to remove
it, but cannot. After the following, vsftp gets fully *reinstalled*
automatically next time I do an update. Instead, it should get fully
removed when asked to.
sudo apt-get remove vsftpd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
vsftpd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 463 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 255631 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing vsftpd ...
vsftpd stop/waiting
dpkg: error processing vsftpd (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
vsftpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:19:31 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: vsftpd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
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cannot apt-get remove vsftp after installing it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901180
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