[Lilug] Fun with debian packages

[Kenneth Downs]

Chris Knadle wrote:
> 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
>
>   
I'll try.  I guess I should have said I'm trying *build* a package, and 
have built one that is broken, and has left the machine unable install 
anything until its fixed.

...and like I said, it's a virtual, so I can just rollback to the 
post-install snapshot, but I thought it would be a good idea to stop and 
this point and learn how to repair this.

-- 
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
www.secdat.com    www.andromeda-project.org
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