can't upgrade, dpkg error 1, old failed install keeps trying to -configure

[koenn]

dpkg --remove snort

if that too complains about dependencies

dpkg --force-depends --remove snort

[cornflake000]

Well... I fixed it myself...

This may be useful information for anyone else with a problem like this.

The problem was with the directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/. All I had to do was remove any instances referring to snort. I just did "sudo rm snort*" and removed all the snort files.

Afterward, I did sudo apt-get remove -f snort then I updated and upgraded accordingly and all is well.

My server is now running 10.04 as planned!

[cornflake000]

dpkg --remove snort

if that too complains about dependencies

dpkg --force-depends --remove snort

koenn, thanks. I didn't see your post on the second page till I replied. I wonder if your method does the same thing? Too late for me to find out. Oh well..

[fdrake]

thanks for sharing your solution! next time I will keep it in mind.

[koenn]

koenn, thanks. I didn't see your post on the second page till I replied. I wonder if your method does the same thing? Too late for me to find out. Oh well..

They don't do exactly the same thing, but the net result would be the same : you get something like "there is no snort whatsoever on this system", so the higher level tools such as apt stop obsessing over it and go about their business of installing and updating.