There was an error when I tried to remove a package, so it was left in a broken state. I tried the following:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq rvm
Output:
(Reading database ... 41743 files and directories currently installed.) Removing rvm (1.29.3-1) ... bash: rvm: command not found dpkg: error processing package rvm (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: rvm
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sudo dpkg --purge rvm
Output: same as above
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite package
Output:
dpkg: error processing archive rvm (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: rvm
Is there a way to force remove it, ignoring all errors? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 on WSL.
First, try running sudo apt update to update the repository list. Then try installing the package again.
I faced this problem with a broken package, rvm. I tried many things like sudo apt install -f
and sudo dpkg --purge --force-all rvm
but nothing worked. Finally I managed to find this blog post that explains how to remove broken packages on Debian/Ubuntu.
Here are the steps.
/var/lib/dpkg/info
, for example using: ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info | grep <package>
Move the package folder to another location, like suggested in the blog post I mentioned before.
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.* /tmp/
Run the following command:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <package>
So as an example I solved my problem by executing the following commands in a terminal:
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/rvm.* /tmp/ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq rvm
Install synaptic package manager.
sudo apt-get install synaptic
Open synaptic package manager and search for the package which you want to remove or install or change
Done!
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