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Apr 23, 2018 To remove a package use -r option or if you want to remove all its files including configuration files, you can purge it using the --purge option as shown.You can remove the package file in this /var/lib/dpkg/info/ path and update the source. If all else fails, you can manually remove the package through dpkg . Running sudo dpkg -P bsnes should purge bsnes . After running above, you can install/upgrade/remove/purge as usual for any packages. May 15, 2012 sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq PACKAGE_NAME And it didn't work either. So the solution here is to find all the package files, First of all you should check if this package is correctly installed in your system and being listed by dpkg tool: dpkg -l | grep urserver. It should Jun 18, 2010 Answer: Use dpkg to install and remove a deb package as explained below. On Debian, dpkg (Debian package system) allows you to install and remove the software packages. dpkg is the simplest way to install and uninstall a package. Aug 22, 2008 It now happened that a package from a test repository was totally broken to remove the package manually: First, check all files with dpkg -L xyz. Adding, Removing and Updating Applications Most of these are associated with the package managers of specific Linux sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb. You may need to manually remove the package using: remove xmail with dpkg --purge --force-all xmail failed because the pre-removal script Jul 31, 2011 After unpacking 4162 kB will be freed. dpkg: error processing slapd (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall Oct 15, 2010 When I try to remove it, dpkg says it is in a bad state of inconsistency and need to be reintalled before removal. But when I try to reinstall it it will