How do i force removal of a package :

[Antony Gelberg]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Antony Gelberg wrote:
> 
> 
>>That's not surprising as the error is coming from dpkg itself, not apt.
>>  I don't know why you are trying to force things when the system is
>>telling you there is a problem.  You should be trying to fix the problem.
> 
> 
> Because errors in removal scripts are almost always innocuous, 

Really?  How do you arrive at that assumption?

> but equally
> almost always the fault of the packager.  Yes, it would be nice if Patrick
> filed a bug report against the package, but to actually get rid of his
> package he only has two options - FIX the script (or wait for the packager
> to fix it) or force it.   

I'm telling him to fix it.  See below for forcing.

> 
> --force-* options exist because packages are sometimes broken.  Use them
> carefully, but feel free to use them.

--force options exist for experts to force certain non-default 
behaviours.  As you will see from man dpkg, they have no impact on an 
error in the package scripts.

So he actually has one option.