Hi
At the moment I'm running Opera as my main web browser, this is a really good browser and i don't want to change it however I'm creating a web page and I want to know how it looks in other browsers .
This has led me to a unexpected problem. I use the normal shell call for apt-get (i have also tryed the KPackage method with the same result ).
After reading the database it returns this error !!
it's trying and failing to replace joe the text editor even though i don't want it

Unpacking replacement joe ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/joe.postrm: line 3: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 3: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/joe_3.1-0.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: line 3: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/joe_3.1-0.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
myhome@foo~#

any help with this would be very welcome

Thanks Moby

PS: I'm doing this in root

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Reading the dump you posted, it would seem apt-get is downloading and installing the wrong package altogether. Can you get other packages via apt-get with no problems? If yes, then I would recommend you let the apt-get people know that theres a bug, or a misnamed package someplace. (I don't use apt-get) Are you using the latest versions of apt-get and any programs it might depend on?

It could be that apt-get had tried to update Joe at one time previously and couldn't complete it due to an error. This has happened to me. Apt-get continued to try to install the program every time I ran apt-get. Correcting the error fixed the problem.

Try opening the file /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm and commenting out the offending line (as root/su), which is line 3. It may be a whole block, if so, comment out the whole block. I've had to comment out the whole script before because it was trying to stop a daemon that I no longer had installed. After this, run apt-get again and it should finish removing the old Joe and then go about its normal business.

hi,

try to install with synaptic an apt-get front-end ;-)

Thanks one and all

1st I can not install any thing at the moment .

2nd The file /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm dosn't exist.

3rd This is the message i get after apt-get clear then apt-get -f install (clearing the /var/cache/apt/archives list. Fixing any broken dependencies)
apt-get install mozilla.
This is not the full Dump .

Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/joe_3.1-0.1_i386.deb

Help !

There is a bug in the joe package. Uninstall it from your system.
If you still want joe afterwards,
I think the bug happens when you try to upgrade the package. Doing a clean install works for me.

Thanks again

I'v tryed this approach and it still did not remove

dpkg: error processing joe (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
joe
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I try to reinstall and i get the Dump from my lastpost.

Mody

Try dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq joe that should remove it.

ok i just used the --force
This is the return ,


Removing joe ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/joe.postrm: line 3: /usr/bin/update-menus: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing joe (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
joe

Then the call whereis joe
joe : /etc/joe

I'v removed the binaries manualy then called ( dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq joe )

and i still get the above dump !!

man oh man !!

Well then I would say edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/joe.postrm and comment out the line/section that has the update-menus in it the try the command again. If it fails then try dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt then edit the selections.txt which is created in the current working directory and remove the line with joe in it. Then use dpkg --set-selections < selections.txt to set the new packages list back into the database and use dselect update to get the dpkg/apt databases back in sync with the new selections the maybe do a apt-get dselect-upgrade to update all your packages or just try to install some small package to verify apt/dpkg is working again.

Thank you one and all for your input and time

on reading and re reading my last post i saw the problem the file /usr/bin/update-menus had only r+w permission somehow therefore chmod a=xwr (only for the time being until i find out who need permission)

that was it thanks again

Moby !

Got the same stuff when upgrading my knoppix 3.3.

Thanks a lot.

Carl

Hi

I'v just upgraded to the 2.6 kernal with knoppix 3.4, one of the first things was to install Synaptic . this works a treat.

Moby.

(Not quite as off topic as it might seem)

I had exactly the same problem (attempting to remove joe, /usr/sbin/update-menus "permission denied") trying to install PHP5.

Thanks to the info on this thread, I finally successfully removed joe (edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/joe.postrm and commented out line 3)

Thanks!