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.
Remember, apt is built on top of dpkg. *hint hint* If you type the
following, what do you get?
bash# dpkg -l
You will most likely see something like:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii a2ps 4.13b-2 GNU a2ps 'Anything to PostScript' converter
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To uninstall a partially installed or installed package, use the
following:
bash# dpkg --remove <packagename>
or
bash# dpkg --purge <packagename>
"--remove" simply removes the package binaries and libraries, whereas
"--purge" removes EVERYTHING associated with this package. Now, if
you run into dependency errors, like "<package 2> depends on
<package>...cannot be removed", add <package 2> to your dpkg --remove
command. Repeat until you've satisfied the dependency requirements.
HINT HINT... RTFM! It's all in the man pages...
--
Chad "^chewie" Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net>
http://wookimus.net/chewie
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