How do i force removal of a package :

[Derek Broughton]

Patrick wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> dpkg -P libdspam7-drv-mysql
> 
> root at globlet:~# dpkg -P libdspam7-drv-mysql
> (Reading database ... 31099 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing libdspam7-drv-mysql ...
> dpkg: error processing libdspam7-drv-mysql (--purge):
>  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 10
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libdspam7-drv-mysql

In which case the --force-all option to dpkg will fix it...
-- 
derek