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

ping songpingemail at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 18:12:32 UTC 2012



On 09/28/2012 12:26 PM, Preston Hagar wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:48 AM, ping <songpingemail at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>
> sorry, it looks like I was a little short on the last command.  It
> should have been:
>
> sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dibbler-client
>
> That said, it looks like the package is trying to do a stop via the
> init script and failing.  You might try, before running the dpkg
> command, to do a
>
> /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
>
>   Next, I would try to do a
> ps aux | grep dibb
>
> which should hopefully give you the processes of any dibbler-client
> processes running.  You can then either do a
>
> killall dibbler-client
>
> or
>
> kill <pid>
>
> where <pid> is the process id number of the dibbler-client.  Then once
> you are sure it isn't running, try again.  Hopefully this will do
> it,but if not, post back.
>
> Preston
>

this doesn't work either, stopping the it looks real strange to me...


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq 
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


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
Stopping DHCPv6 client: ping at 640g-laptop:~$
ping at 640g-laptop:~$
ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
Stopping DHCPv6 client: ping at 640g-laptop:~$


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq 
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


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ ps aux | grep dibb
ping     18996  0.0  0.0  11056   928 pts/12   S+   14:07   0:00 grep 
--color=auto dibb
ping at 640g-laptop:~$

ping at 640g-laptop:~$ ps -ef | grep dib
ping     19000 29785  0 14:08 pts/12   00:00:00 grep --color=auto dib


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ killall dibbler-client
dibbler-client: no process found


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ dibbler-client stop
| Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6, version 0.7.3 (CLIENT, Linux port)
| Authors : Tomasz Mrugalski<thomson(at)klub.com.pl>,Marek 
Senderski<msend(at)o2.pl>
| Licence : GNU GPL v2 only. Developed at Gdansk University of Technology.
| Homepage: http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/
Process is not running.


ping at 640g-laptop:~$ dibbler-client status
| Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6, version 0.7.3 (CLIENT, Linux port)
| Authors : Tomasz Mrugalski<thomson(at)klub.com.pl>,Marek 
Senderski<msend(at)o2.pl>
| Licence : GNU GPL v2 only. Developed at Gdansk University of Technology.
| Homepage: http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/
Dibbler server: NOT RUNNING.
Dibbler client: NOT RUNNING.
Dibbler relay : NOT RUNNING.




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