Somehow (and clearly it wasn't sensible) I've got Calibre on this machine but it doesn't show as installed in Synaptic so I can't remove it. What can I do? I get permission denied if I try to delete it. Thoughts? Polite ones, if poss. Own silly fault etc. Bev.
On 04/11/13 20:14, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Somehow (and clearly it wasn't sensible) I've got Calibre on this machine but it doesn't show as installed in Synaptic so I can't remove it. What can I do? I get permission denied if I try to delete it. Thoughts? Polite ones, if poss. Own silly fault etc.
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
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 04 Nov 20:14, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Somehow (and clearly it wasn't sensible) I've got Calibre on this machine but it doesn't show as installed in Synaptic so I can't remove it. What can I do? I get permission denied if I try to delete it. Thoughts? Polite ones, if poss. Own silly fault etc.
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). Cheers, -- Brett Parker
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 12:09, Bev Nicolson wrote:
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
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
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.
On 05 Nov 14:20, Bev Nicolson wrote:
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.
Just an icon on the desktop? What desktop environment are you running? -- Brett Parker
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Nicolson" <lumos@gmx.co.uk> To: <main@lists.alug.org.uk> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 8:14 PM Subject: [ALUG] Uninstall problem
Somehow (and clearly it wasn't sensible) I've got Calibre on this machine but it doesn't show as installed in Synaptic so I can't remove it. What can I do? I get permission denied if I try to delete it. Thoughts? Polite ones, if poss. Own silly fault etc.
Try: <code> sudo python /usr/bin/calibre-uninstall sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre </code>
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