How do I uninstall "ubuntu tweak"?
I seem to have created a catch 22 situation. My notebook failed recently so I have reverted to my old Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop which I had converted to be a dedicated Linux machine with ubuntu 8.10. (I have been unable to upgrade to 9.10; the disc I burned from the 9.10 iso loads successfully if I use the safe graphics mode but gives me a triple screen from the normal mode, the leftmost showing the left third of the ubuntu window and the other two both showing the the right third. I am of course loth to risk installing from the safe graphics mode since I feel it is likely to give me the triple screen)
I downloaded and installed "Ubuntu Tweak" from Computeractive not realising that the current version is only suitable for Ubuntu 9. An error is reported: 'Unknown Error:'<type 'exceptions.SystemError'> (E:The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.)' This usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies. Please run your package manager. When I do so the same message comes up and the package manager will not open. If I choose to uninstall, the action is countermanded and I am told that the package is in an inconsistent state and I must reinstall before removal. But I can't reinstall. If I try to do so from the Computeractive web page I am told the package is either corrupt or I do not have the necessary permission - and this continues even if I change the permissions. I would be glad of any advice. I suggest others be careful if they try to install Ubuntu Tweak. |
Perhaps opening a terminal and executing the command 'sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-tweak' may help? and if not, post the output it gives here, and it might help some more.
NB - you can also substitute 'remove' for 'purge' to remove any stored configuration files it may have created. |
And should you choose to re-install, maybe look here - http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads. Has instructions for Hardy.
I always find it better to go to the "source". |
Intrepid, by the way, not hardy. 8.04 is hardy, 8.10 is intrepid, which is what is being used, if I interpret the original post correctly.
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D'oh - too long ago. Has both anyway ... ;)
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I tried "sudo apt-get" with the following result:
e@e-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-tweak [sudo] password for e: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. e@e-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-tweak Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. e@e-laptop:~$ Problem unchanged! |
man apt-get is lengthy, but maybe try
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get -f remove More ideas here: http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/48910 |
syg00 & trdegar,
I have tried both ideas but each time get the same response : the package needs to be reinstalled but can't find an archive. Thanks anyway for trying. |
OK.
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Where I downloaded the file ubuntu-tweak_0.4.9.2-1~karmic1_i386.deb It's a .deb file. How did you install it? I would have done sudo dpkg -i /path/to/ubuntu-tweak_0.4.9.2-1~karmic1_i386.deb So maybe you can remove it with sudo dpkg --purge /path/to/ubuntu-tweak_0.4.9.2-1~karmic1_i386.deb ? |
How do I uninstall / remove Ubuntu-Tweak
I have exactly the same problem. I tried the suggested methods of fixing the problem as above but to no avail.
Below is the results of what I got:- joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-tweak [sudo] password for joe: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-tweak Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty Release.gpg Ign http://archive.canonical.com jaunty/partner Translation-en_GB Get: 1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty Release Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_GB Get: 2 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release [74.6kB] Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty/partner Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_GB Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_GB Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_GB Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_GB Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_GB Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_GB Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release Get: 3 http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb Release.gpg [827B] Ign http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb/apps Translation-en_GB Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources Get: 4 http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb Release [7232B] Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages Ign http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb Release Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages Hit http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb/apps Packages Get: 5 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources [555kB] Get: 6 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources [3156B] Fetched 633kB in 1s (488kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://archive.getdeb.net karmic-getdeb Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A8A515F046D7E7CF W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f remove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package ubuntu-tweak needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. joe@joe-desktop:~$ |
Hampshire,
apt-get can't uninstall ubuntu-tweak because I think that apt-get did not install it (because it is not in your repositories). Back in your original thread I asked you: 1] Where did you find the package? 2] How did you install it? Please answer these questions. |
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sudo dpkg --purge ubuntu-tweak Cheers, Evo2. |
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Regards HH :o |
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======================================== joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --purge ubuntu-tweak [sudo] password for joe: dpkg: error processing ubuntu-tweak (--purge): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: ubuntu-tweak joe@joe-desktop:~$ ======================================== Regards HH :o |
Ok, time to bring out the big guns:
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dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq ubuntu-tweak |
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