Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

[MarchelVeneman]

Hello.

I am quite new to the world of Linux. In my ignorance I tried to install a virus killer. Halfway the installation process something whent horribly wrong (power failure)

Now when I try to install any program by using apt-get or the installation manager I get this error:

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root@linux:/home/siemens/temp/pics# apt-get install bugsx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
avg75fld
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bugsx
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/334kB of archives.
After unpacking 442kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 87636 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing avg75fld ...
Uninstalling 'avgd' service initscripts...
rm: cannot remove `/etc/init.d/avgd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing avg75fld (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
avg75fld
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Can anyone please explain to me how I fix this problem so I can install software once more?


Thank you in advance!
Marchel.

[MepisReign]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Try this
Open Konsole and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Keep us informed

Regards,

MepisReign

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Ok,

After typing sudo -dpkg etc my computer was busy for about 5 seconds, after that it came back with the command line.
I assume this is a good thing?

To test if everything works I tried to install bugsx, but I keep on getting the same problem:

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siemens@linux:~/temp/pics$ sudo apt-get install bugsx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
avg75fld
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bugsx
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/334kB of archives.
After unpacking 442kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 87636 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing avg75fld ...
Uninstalling 'avgd' service initscripts...
rm: cannot remove `/etc/init.d/avgd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing avg75fld (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
avg75fld
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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[lingenfr]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

What about

sudo apt-get -f remove avg75fld

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Sadly enough that doesn't work either...

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siemens@linux:~/temp/pics$ sudo apt-get -f remove avg75fld
[sudo] password for siemens:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
avg75fld
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 87636 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing avg75fld ...
Uninstalling 'avgd' service initscripts...
rm: cannot remove `/etc/init.d/avgd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing avg75fld (--remove):
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
avg75fld
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
---

[MepisReign]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Try to install AVG again (yes, over the old installation) and then remove it, please come back with the results

MepisReign

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Hmmm... Even re-installing doesn't work...

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siemens@linux:~/temp$ sudo dpkg -i avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
[sudo] password for siemens:
Selecting previously deselected package avg75lms.
(Reading database ... 87637 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking avg75lms (from avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/opt/grisoft/avg7/etc/avg.conf', which is also in package avg75fld
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
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[sky]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Hi,

Maybe try to force the installation to overwrite files :
sudo -i --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb

Hope it helps

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

What am I doing wrong? If I type the command you gave me I get this error:

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siemens@linux:~/temp$ sudo -i --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
sudo: please use single character options
-bash: avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb: No such file or directory
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[dibl]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

What am I doing wrong? If I type the command you gave me I get this error:

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siemens@linux:~/temp$ sudo -i --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
sudo: please use single character options
-bash: avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb: No such file or directory
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Probably the command form is wrong. Try it like this:

sudo apt-get install --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Doesn't do the trick either

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siemens@linux:~$ sudo apt-get install --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
[sudo] password for siemens:
E: Command line option --force-overwrite is not understood
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[dibl]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

OK, one more time, like this:

sudo apt-get install --force avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb

[MarchelVeneman]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Forgive me for beeing a total nutter when it comes to Linux...
You guessed it already, it still doesn't work.

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siemens@linux:~/temp$ sudo apt-get install --force avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb
[sudo] password for siemens:
E: Command line option --force is not understood
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[dibl]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Forgive me for beeing a total nutter when it comes to Linux...

Don't worry about it -- we're all learning here (one hopes).

If, in a Konsole window, you enter

man apt-get

you'll see the list of options. The "force" option may get only a single leading hyphen, i.e. maybe it should be

sudo apt-get install -force avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb

I'm stuck at my day job at a Wintel piece of crap and can't look up the apt-get command myself.

[sky]

Re: Unable to uninstall AVG (virus scanner)

Hi,

Sorry I forgot the command (ie dpkg)
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite avg75lms-r49-a1124.i386.deb

Hope it helps