Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: can't get rid of a package]

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: can't get rid of a package]

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57584100.hantslug.org.uk.2535': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sun Jan 6 15:12:49 2008 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Hi Ottavio,

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 03:06:22PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On 1/6/08, Andy Smith wrote:
> > You need to specify the package name, not the path to the .deb file.
>
> The joys of automated packaging! Can you do it the Slackware way?
> Uninstalling the offending packages one by one with dpkg?


You don't have to. What I just posted will fix it. No need to
regress to 1999 just because one broken package was installed. :)

(Yes it could also be done with dpkg but you'd still need to specify
the package name)

Cheers,
Andy