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uninstall packages using dpkg
I want to uninstall openoffice package and want to do this using single command or regular expression i.e
dpkg -r openoffice-org*
but dpkg doesnot accept wild cards
how can i uninstall all the ...
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fern-wifi-cracker “Exec format error” breaks packaging system
root@cunix:/home/cunix# sudo apt-get remove fern-wifi-cracker
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically ...
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What does it mean “Processing Triggers for…” after installing/Uninstalling?
When i uninstalled a deb package i get this:
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
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How to resolve - dpkg error : old pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
I am unable to install or remove a package on my Ubuntu 10.04 due to the following error.
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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Removing packages through a list [closed]
I'm running Peppermint OS Two and it uses natty packages. I want to introduce some oneiric packages. As I go along I backup my list of packages and /var/cache/apt/archives. The plan is if I install ...
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How to cleanly remove a badly installed .deb?
Whenever I try to use dpkg or apt-get, I get the warning:
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 12674 package 'jarnal':
error in Version string 'build901': version number ...
