diff bin/really-remove-deb.sh @ 677:f3c73873bcb5

script to really forecably remove debian packages
author Jeff Hammel <k0scist@gmail.com>
date Sat, 10 May 2014 10:38:56 -0700
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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# really remove Ubuntu packages
+# http://www.piprime.fr/1480/manually-remove-broken-package-debian-ubuntu/
+
+for PACKAGE in $@
+do
+  echo "Removing ${PACKAGE}"
+  sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/${PACKAGE}.* /tmp/
+  sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq ${PACKAGE}
+done