[Lilug] Fun with debian packages

[Chris Knadle]

On Friday 13 February 2009, Kenneth Downs wrote:
> I'm experimenting with a debian package on a virtual machine, and
> have managed to get to the state where nothing can be installed
> until this package is removed, but the package cannot be removed
> because it cannot find an archive for it.
>
> I'd like to learn something here, which is how to tell ubuntu to
> get rid of the package even if it cannot find an archive?

sudo dpkg -P <package name>

I've loaded plenty of packages that have no online archives for 
them -- it's not required for a package to have an archive in order 
to install or remove it.

  -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
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