Removing a Broken Package (courier-authdaemon)

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday 01 March 2007 21:41, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am getting the following error message when I force to remove a
> broken package (courier-authdaemon).
>
>
> soohyunc at quokka:/var/cache/apt/archives $ sudo dpkg -r
> --force-remove-reinstreq courier-authdaemon
> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> (Reading database ... 124565 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing courier-authdaemon ...
>  * Stopping Courier authdaemon...
>          exec: 31: /usr/sbin/courierlogger: not found
>                                                                         
> [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript courier-authdaemon, action "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing courier-authdaemon (--remove):
>  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>  * Starting Courier authdaemon...
>          exec: 31: /usr/sbin/courierlogger: not found
>                                                                         
> [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript courier-authdaemon, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  courier-authdaemon
> soohyunc at quokka:/var/cache/apt/archives $

Which version of Ubuntu are you running (Dapper, Edgy, etc.)

Scott K