Re: apt-get install problem
- From: "Nick Adie" <nick.adie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:33:01 +0100
Karl & Daniel
The apt-get --purge remove <Package Name, worked a treat.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Nick
On 6/29/07, Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 09:42:20AM +0100, Nick Adie wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I ran: apt-get install mediawiki [OK]
> > i ran: apt-get remove --purge mediawiki [OK]
>
> So far, so good
>
> > I then in hind sight did a 'stupid' and removed the leftover folders
> and files.
>
> Which ones?
All the MediaWiki1.7 folders, can't remember exactly.
> When I now run: apt-get install mediawiki
> >
> > It searches the repository tells me everything is OK and installs
> nothing.
> >
> > How do I reinstall?
>
> According to what I can see in the repository, the "mediawiki" package
> is just a metapackage. All it contains is a dependency on mediawiki1.7
> (or 1.9, depending on your release).
>
> The "leftovere" files you removed probably belong(ed) to mediawiki1.7
> (or mediawiki1.9). If you blow that away (apt-get --purge remove ...)
> and reinstall it, you might get somewhere...
>
> Hope this helps
> --
> Karl E. Jorgensen
> karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/
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