Thanks for the pointers folks. With help from the google results, I found
the following to work:
sudo aptitude --purge-unused purge samba
but to get it to work I had to edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/samba.prerm to put
add "exit" as the second line.
Thanks again
Kelvin
On 08/02/07, drystan mazur <drystan.mazur@???> wrote:
>
> Hello try in Terminal
>
> sudo apt-get autoclean
>
> then try a samba reistall
>
> Regards
> On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 21:56 +0000, Cayenne-uk wrote:
> > I received the "Updates available" icon on Ubuntu earlier, and
> > dutifully accepted the updates. However, it ended with an error and
> > told me that an application was broken. I have been trying to fix it
> > following the suggestions in the dialogue boxes, but I have run into a
> > brick wall.
> >
> > The app in question is Samba. I have tried the fix broken apps option
> > in Synaptic, and when that didn't work I tried the apt-get install -f
> > command as suggested. I continually get the "pre-removal script
> > returned error exit status 102" message.
> >
> > I think I need help! Please?
> >
> > I did attached an OOo doc with screen shots, but it cause this message
> > to get blocked. If it
> > would help anyone solve this I can send it directly to you..
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance..
> >
> > Kelvin
> >
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