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Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Hi,
I made a fault - I install the VLC Version mentioned in the thread http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=361844&postcount=1

It took me about 10 MB from my free rootfs, now I'm only at 32 MB.
I'm using the latest CSSU update

Now I tried to uninstall the packages using

apt-get autoremove --purge vlc (the same with the other packages)

It wasn't possible and I got the following messages:
"Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mp-fremantle-community-pr: Depends: hildon-desktop (>= 1:2.2.142-7) but 1:2.2.140-1+0m5 is to be installed
vlc: Depends: vlc-player (= 1.1.5-1) but it is not going to be installed"

Can anybody give me hint to uninstall VLC and release the 10 MB again?

Thanks in advance
Dirk

Re: Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Obviously your community upgrade did not finish fine. Hildon-desktop is not upgraded. This might be triggered by some remainders in /etc/apt/preferences from some former tinkering with customized versions? Try to avoid the autoremove command,just use purge to get rid of the package, then run autoremove, read carefully the output, to remove the dependecies of vlc

Re: Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Thanks - problem is solved!

Before I installed CSSU I already installed modified-hildon-desktop. Uninstalling and I was able to uninstall vlc again.

Also simple brightness applet is working again...

Re: Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Quote:

Originally Posted by FormerPalmUser (Post 950109)

bump
elsewhere FormerPalmerUser said he uninstalled package by package

for me

Code:

sudo gainroot

apt-get purge vlc

doesn't rehabilitate 10 MB's of rootfs, whether I have unmounted the emmc or not. (when installed I have vlc and vlc-mediaplayer items in HAM/ I had the 7 debs installed from v1.1.0)

how can I uninstall several packages? if someone could give me a clue pls. I'm aware that I'm missing something basic but even this I cannot find info on as I'm sort of ignorant on alternatives between different linux distributions.

Re: Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Please try

Code:

sudo gainroot

apt-get autoremove

Watch carefully, what will get removed to interrupt immediately, if something valuable will get removed also.

You could also remove left over configuration files with this command

Code:

sudo gainroot

dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d ' ' -f3 | xargs dpkg --purge

If you are unsure or errors occur, feel free to ask again.

Re: Need help! Can't uninstall VLC

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaaa62 (Post 1290764)

Please try

Code:

sudo gainroot

apt-get autoremove

Watch carefully, what will get removed to interrupt immediately, if something valuable will get removed also.

You could also remove left over configuration files with this command

Code:

sudo gainroot

dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d ' ' -f3 | xargs dpkg --purge

If you are unsure or errors occur, feel free to ask again.

thanks
have been able to get some other programs
as root

Code:

/home/user # apt-get autoremove

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.

/home/user # sudo gainroot

user is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

/home/user # dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d ' ' -f3 | xargs dpkg --purge

(Reading database ... 44799 files and directories currently installed.)

Removing enhanced-lockscreen ...

Purging configuration files for enhanced-lockscreen ...

Removing nitdroid-installer ...

Purging configuration files for nitdroid-installer ...

Removing tutorial-home-applet ...

Purging configuration files for tutorial-home-applet ...

/home/user #

my 2 programs were already out of HAM before I did this