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. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ______ _ __ "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