ubuntu12.04 only: version number does not start with digit

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On 09/28/2012 11:24 AM, Preston Hagar wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:00 PM, ping <songpingemail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ping at 640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get remove dibbler-client
>>
>>
>> So It looks I can't either delete the "dibbler-client" package, nor can I
>> upgrade it...
>> any ideal?
>>
>> thanks alot !
>>
>>
>> regards
>> ping
>
> You might try
>
> sudo apt-get remove --purge dibbler-client
>
> If that doesn't work, try
>
> dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client
>
> Hopefully that should get rid of it.  Then you should be able to do an
> update and upgrade.  If not, post the error output of the two commands
> above to the list.
>
> Preston
>


Hi Preston:

It looks both give me errors like following:

ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge dibbler-client
[sudo] password for ping:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
   logcheck-database dibbler-doc logtail
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
   dibbler-client*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,180 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action 
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--purge):
  subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  dibbler-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `remove'

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or 
`more' !



ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove dibbler-client
(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action 
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
  subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  dibbler-client