On 04/11/13 22:28, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:

My first thought would be to try and install it in Synaptic. If this manages to install it (in effect reinstalling it), then use Synaptic to uninstall it. This may get rid of the extra copy.

Does that work?

Steve

Sadly not. The only thing I can think of is using root privileges but that's risky.

Bev.

On 05/11/13 11:23, Brett Parker wrote:

What's the output of:

which calibre

dpkg -l '*calibre*'

That output might provide some easier diagnostics for those of us playing along at home (or a mates sofa at the moment).

Hoping the formatting works:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ rc calibre 0.8.38+dfsg-1 e-book converter and library management

Bev.

On 05/11/13 13:46, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:

Hoping the formatting works:

...

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================

rc calibre 0.8.38+dfsg-1 e-book converter and library management

If no-one else has any other suggestions, I'd suggest, at a prompt, trying

sudo apt-get purge calibre

and post the output if it fails.

Steve

Win. Or 'whoot', depending on your preference. Your next challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to get the locked file off the desktop. Have tried swapping to desktop and purging but no dice. Nor will it dragged and dropped into Trash or any other folder.

Bev.