On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, ^chewie wrote: > On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 09:35:08AM -0500, tim wrote: > > 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 > > Hehe. Have you ever tried to do what the error message suggests? > > bash# apt-get install majordomo --reinstall > > *grin* Then remove it. ;-) > > Also look into the --force-<option> options for dpkg. Yeah... That was the first thing I tried! :-( tivolidev:/home/tim# apt-get install majordomo --reinstall 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. The following command seems to have worked, though... dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq majordomo -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ______ _ __ "If you don't have the freedom to use what you / ' ) ) own - then you do not own anything." / o ______ / / _ . . No apologies to Jack Valenti or the MPAA / <_/ / / < / (_</_(_/_ -- tneu at visi.com / http://www.visi.com/~tneu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org