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Re: [TCLUG:20216] Debian gurus:
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, ^chewie wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 12:59:36PM -0500, tim wrote:
> > hostname:/home/tim# apt-get install ssh Reading Package Lists...
> > Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: The package majordomo needs
> > to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
> >
> > How do I make apt forget about majordomo? I don't need it
> > whatsoever. --
>
> You can remove a package with apt-get using `apt-get remove
> <pkgname>' if you want apt-get to parse out all the dependencies for
> you.
tivolidev:/home/tim# dpkg --remove majordomo
dpkg: error processing majordomo (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
majordomo
tivolidev:/home/tim# dpkg --purge majordomo
dpkg: error processing majordomo (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
majordomo
I know how to add and remove packages, my problem is that
dpkg/apt/whatever is quite broken. No matter what operation I attempt -
even if it is completely unrelated to majordomo, I get the same error.
The packaging system is completely fubar'ed by this problem with
majordomo.
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