Well I found that 'Locked' clock was an apt name. It installed fine but then like a psycho ex girlfriend it refused to leave. The application manager hung on the uninstall for twenty minutes. I forced quit and tried this:

~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.6.1 (2008-05-22 10:32:35 EEST) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # apt-get remove lockedclock
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
initfs-flasher libgnokii3 kernel-diablo-flasher
libepeg0 flash-and-reboot libimlib2
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED
lockedclock
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 1049kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
/home/user # apt-get autoremove lockedclock
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
initfs-flasher libgnokii3 kernel-diablo-flasher
libepeg0 flash-and-reboot libimlib2
The following packages will be REMOVED
flash-and-reboot initfs-flasher
kernel-diablo-flasher libepeg0 libgnokii3
libimlib2 lockedclock
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 6271kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 21584 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing lockedclock ...
Stopping Lockedclock daemon: /usr/lib/lockedclock/lockedclock.py:3: RuntimeWarning: import cdrom: No module named cdrom
import pygame
/usr/lib/lockedclock/lockedclock.py:3: RuntimeWarning: import joystick: No module named joystick
import pygame
Could not stop, pid file '/tmp/lockedclock.pid' missing.
invoke-rc.d: initscript lockedclock, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing lockedclock (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
System startup links for /etc/init.d/lockedclock already exist.
Starting Lockedclock daemon: /usr/lib/lockedclock/lockedclock.py:3: RuntimeWarning: import cdrom: No module named cdrom
import pygame
/usr/lib/lockedclock/lockedclock.py:3: RuntimeWarning: import joystick: No module named joystick
import pygame

started with pid 1727
Lockedclock.
Removing kernel-diablo-flasher ...
Removing initfs-flasher ...
Removing flash-and-reboot ...
Removing libepeg0 ...
Removing libgnokii3 ...
Removing libimlib2 ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
lockedclock
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
/home/user #


My question, did I do any damage?

Thanks in advance.

Steve