[plug] Apt

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, garry wrote:

> Ive got a little issue with debian..
> 
> How do you remove a home spun kernel package from the "to do" list?
> 
> I had a power failure while installing the package. It is not installed, so 
> it wont uninstall, but I can't see how you remove it from the pending list..

To the best of my knowledge the exact course of action depends of the exact
problem.
 
> I have since rebuilt the kernel and it is fine, but the old kernel package 
> keeps popping up when I update/upgrade the machine.. Swearing at it loudly 
> does not seem to work.
> 
> Anyone got somw wise words?

What is the full output from:
dpkg -l "package name" 
dpkg --purge "package name"

Yours Tony

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