Re: Cannot remove vrfydmn and tuptime

On 7/11/26 04:11, David Niklas wrote:
> Hello,
> I installed vrfydmn and tuptime, but they failed to configure. I don't
> have to have them, so I decided to remove them, but I cannot uninstall
> them either. I tried with apt and with dpkg --force-all.
> 
> A log is included below.
> 
> If someone could tell me how to tell the system that they're not
> installed, I could remove them by hand.
> 
> Or maybe you have an idea how to uninstall them.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> # dpkg --purge --force-all vrfydmn tuptime
> (Reading database ... 2636897 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing vrfydmn (0.11.0-4) ...
> /etc/init.d/vrfydmn: line 46: stop_daemon: command not found
> invoke-rc.d: initscript vrfydmn, action "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing package vrfydmn (--purge):
>   installed vrfydmn package pre-removal script subprocess returned error
> exit status 1 Starting vrfydmn
> You must specify at least one of --file, --ldap or --sql
> invoke-rc.d: initscript vrfydmn, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>   installed vrfydmn package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 1 Removing tuptime (5.2.4) ...
> Stopping tuptime....
> ERROR:root:Check DB path "/var/lib/tuptime": [Errno 13] Permission
> denied: '/var/lib/tuptime' invoke-rc.d: initscript tuptime, action "stop"
> failed. dpkg: error processing package tuptime (--purge):
>   installed tuptime package pre-removal script subprocess returned error
> exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing:
>   vrfydmn
>   tuptime

Are you running as root, if no, please do so.

Also try:

$ apt-get --autoremove purge <PKG-NAME>

-- 
John Doe