Cannot purge roundup

Question

I was trying to purge roundup, and aptitude has output the following error lines:

update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/roundup exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing roundup (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
                                                                    Errors were encountered while processing:
 roundup
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

aptitude's logs do not help; the following line is written there:

IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.

but the following two lines appeared in apt/history.log:

Purge: roundup:amd64 (1.4.18-1.1)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

roundup, by the way, is an issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. I don't use it.

System information: I am using Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, output of uname -srvmpio is:

Linux 3.2.0-61-generic #93-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 21:31:50 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

As requested, I have tried the following command:

sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup

and the output was:

Removing roundup ...
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/roundup exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
dpkg: error processing roundup (--purge):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 roundup

It may worth mentioning that this was done both before and after running the command

sudo update-rc.d -f roundup remove

Update: update the failing attempts to purge, the state of the package, according to aptitude, was H, which means half-installed. I have tried to reinstall it (was successful) and remove it again, but with no luck - same error has appeared, and the state is back again half-installed.

Try using the -f options as in the error message. If that fails, try `sudo rm /etc/init.d/roundup`. You should probably file a bug report against roundup — Panther, May 26 '14 at 14:57
@bodhi.zazen - tried `sudo update-rc.d -f roundup remove`; that removed some startup links, it seems. Later, `sudo dpkg -P roundup` still failed, with the same error. — Bach, May 27 '14 at 07:42

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-27T08:36:54.060

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Try to forcely remove the roundup package,

sudo dpkg -P --force-remove-reinstreq roundup

Or

Try to move the roundup-dirs and roundup to some other location and then try the above command like,

sudo mv /etc/init.d/roundup-dirs ~/
sudo mv /etc/init.d/roundup ~/
sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup

edited May 27 '14 at 08:36

answered May 26 '14 at 15:27

Avinash Raj

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Did you mean `-P` instead of `-p`? – Bach May 27 '14 at 07:37
sorry, capital P. – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 07:38
Both commands failed, with the same error. – Bach May 27 '14 at 07:38
post the output of `sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup` in your question. – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 07:39
now try this `sudo mv /etc/init.d/roundup ~/` and then run `sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup` – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 08:01
Now the same error existed, but with `roundup-dirs` instead of `roundup`. I have moved that file as well and tried again. That did the job - thanks! – Bach May 27 '14 at 08:13
what did you tried? – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 08:14
did you tried this `sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup-dirs` ? – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 08:16
No; I have done `sudo mv /etc/init.d/rounfup-dirs ~/` and then `sudo dpkg -P --force-all --force-remove-reinstreq roundup`. – Bach May 27 '14 at 08:22
may i post it as an answer? – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 08:24
Absolutely, do that! (or perhaps edit that one) – Bach May 27 '14 at 08:27
i think the first command wold be `sudo mv /etc/init.d/roundup-dirs ~/` – Avinash Raj May 27 '14 at 08:27
Sorry to bother, but I think that you still need (perhaps) the moving of `/etc/init.d/roundup` as well. I've moved both files. – Bach May 27 '14 at 08:35

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