Stuck package, cant remove

[Dave S]

On Sunday 08 April 2007 11:53, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 08:33:21AM +0100, Dave S wrote:
> > I have a corrupted stuck vmware-player package, I cant install it, remove
> > it or purge it. any ideas on how to get rid of it ?
>
> Ah, those are fun.
>
> > root at dave-comp:~#
> > root at dave-comp:~# dpkg -P --force-all vmware-player
>
> It would be safer to use apt-get remove --purge vmware-player
>
> > (Reading database ... 242415 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing vmware-player ...
> > Stopping VMware services:
> >    Virtual machine monitor                                            
> > done /etc/init.d/vmware-player: 765:
> > /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh: not found
> >    Virtual ethernet                                                   
> > done invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "stop" failed.
>
> You could edit /var/lib/dpkg/vmware-player, find the line where it
> invokes /etc/init.d/vmware-player stop, and add '|| true' to the end
> (without the quotes).
>

Thanks :) I ended up editing /etc/init.d/vmware player adding a 'exit 0' after 
stop) then an apt-get remove ... so now :)

root at dave-comp:~#
root at dave-comp:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root at dave-comp:~#        

Ahhh ... bliss

> > dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--purge):
> >  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > Starting VMware services:
> >    Virtual machine monitor                                            
> > done Virtual ethernet                                                   
> > done /etc/init.d/vmware-player: 765:
> > /usr/lib/vmware-player/net-services.sh: not found
> > invoke-rc.d: initscript vmware-player, action "start" failed.
> > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  vmware-player
> > root at dave-comp:~# apt-get install --reinstall vmware-player
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> > required:
> >   kaffeine-xine hwdb-client-kde kontact subversion ksysguard
> > kde-icons-mono kaffeine kbstate python-qt4 kmailcvt kmousetool kmag
> > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
> > upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed.
> > Need to get 0B of archives.
> > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> > Setting up vmware-player (1.0.2-2) ...
> > Now configuring VMware Player.  (This may take some time...)
> > cp: cannot stat `/usr/lib/vmware-player/share/locations.dist': No such
> > file or directory
>
> This is rather interesting, because I have vmware-player 1.0.2-2
> installed, and the package does contain the file
> /usr/lib/vmware-player/share/locations.dist
>
> > dpkg: error processing vmware-player (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  vmware-player
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Marius Gedminas