[SOLVED] half installed package night mare

[Bemk]

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I have tried to set up an IPv6 tunnel, which I've done before, and it worked. I tried now on my home server (not really an important device), and the installation of tspc went horribly wrong.

I ended up having an incomplete install of tspc, which I then tried to remove again, but every time I try to remove it, it tries to stop the process, which it can't, quits and tries to finish the installation, which it can't.

Now I want to remove the package, and try another, but I can't figure out a way, using either google or the man pages.

Please help.

By the way, error code was 303 for TSPC and 1 for dpkg.

[reed9]

First try

sudo apt-get install -f

If that fails, try

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq tspc

[Bemk]

for the first option I received

apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up tspc (2.1.1-6ubuntu2) ...
Setting up IPv6 tunnel: Status error 303 in tunnel negociation: 303 Unsupported tunnel mode


Error is 303: 303 is not defined as a client error, might be a TSP error?
TSP session done
invoke-rc.d: initscript tspc, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing tspc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tspc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

and for the last bit

 dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq tspc
dpkg: conflicting actions -f (--field) and -r (--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;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)[*].

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

by the way, they are done using root.

[reed9]

Sorry, try it like this.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq tspc

[Bemk]

Sorry, try it like this.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq tspc

This (quite annoyingly) put out the following:

(Reading database ... 
54951 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing tspc ...
Shutting down IPv6 tunnel: invoke-rc.d: initscript tspc, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing tspc (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Setting up IPv6 tunnel: Status error 303 in tunnel negociation: 303 Unsupported tunnel mode


Error is 303: 303 is not defined as a client error, might be a TSP error?
TSP session done
invoke-rc.d: initscript tspc, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tspc

[Bemk]

Bounce,
Sorry the problem still hasn't been solved.

[rokytnji]

Don't know if this reply will help Bemk but here it is

you are right, 'apt-get remove' does not do the job throughly, the solution to your problem, IMHO, can be solved this way, which is what i do in order to remove everything pertaining to the package in question:

apt-get install deborphan debfoster

#apt-get remove --purge package
#apt-get clean

the later will clean the /var

#debfoster

will show files and libraries still left after the apt-get remove --purge, if you don't recognize a library, keep it, later on, deborphan will give you a list of 'orphaned' libraries that are hanging with no use, and are safe to nuke.

if you make a mistake with debfoster, type 'u' and will ask you again if you want to keep it. When you are thru with it, invoke deborphan.

#deborphan

will give a list of libraries that are hanging just taking space, to get rid of them:

#deborphan | xargs apt-get -y remove purge

when thru with that:

#apt-get clean

recently after a dist-ugrade to sid, it installed emacs21, i removed it, and debfoster found some files like emacsen, etc.

now, i don't know if dpkg --purge is any better, i should try that sometime.

[Bemk]

Don't know if this reply will help Bemk but here it is

Sorry Roky, but it already tried to reinstall at

apt-get remove --purge tspc

This is starting to get really annoying.

Here is the exact output:

 apt-get remove --purge tspc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  tspc*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 213kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 56225 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing tspc ...
Shutting down IPv6 tunnel: invoke-rc.d: initscript tspc, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing tspc (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Setting up IPv6 tunnel: Status error 501 in tunnel negociation: 501 Invalid IPv4 address


Error is 501: 501 is not defined as a client error, might be a TSP error?
TSP session done
invoke-rc.d: initscript tspc, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tspc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[rokytnji]

Sorry Bemk. That was my best shot for now.

Error is 501: 501 is not defined as a client error, might be a TSP error?

TSP seems to not want to leave like a bad case of Syphilis or Aids. I don't know if apt-get has a better kill package option than purge. Reed 9 also gave some good commands. You are right. This is annoying. I hope better minds than mine will kick into this thread.

[Bemk]

Sorry Bemk. That was my best shot for now.



TSP seems to not want to leave like a bad case of Syphilis or Aids. I don't know if apt-get has a better kill package option than purge. Reed 9 also gave some good commands. You are right. This is annoying. I hope better minds than mine will kick into this thread.

Thanks for your help anyway roky, and reed 9 also had good replies, but unfortunately they weren't good enough. In other words, I still need some help (not feeling like reinstalling that machine).