[brlug-general] I broke apt

[Joe Fruchey]

Hey, check me out, I fixed it on my own!

aptitude purge dokuwiki

Thanks for the tip.

On 11/8/06, John Hebert <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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