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Chris Knadle wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Friday 13 February 2009, Kenneth Downs wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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?
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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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Quoth Ubuntu:<br>
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Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should<br>
reinstall it before attempting a removal.<br>
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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
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