[brlug-general] I broke apt

[John Hebert]

Long shot:
Create a dummy file -
'touch /etc/dokuwiki/apache.conf'

and try apt again to see what happens.

Also, I think there is a way to tell the apt database of installed software to delete references to dokuwiki, but I don't remember the commands.

John

----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com>
To: general at brlug.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2006 3:51:50 PM
Subject: [brlug-general] I broke apt

I installed dokuwiki... Then I didn't want it, so I removed it. It
said it was gone, but the directory was still there, so I deleted it.
Big mistake. Every time I install anything with apt now, I get this:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 dokuwiki
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up dokuwiki (0.0.20050922-4ubuntu1) ...
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/dokuwiki/apache.conf
Could not set mode for /etc/dokuwiki/apache.conf at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/dokuwiki.postinst line 91, <STDIN> line 2.
dpkg: error processing dokuwiki (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dokuwiki

What do I do?

-Joe

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