trying to uninstall srware iron. problems

[prometheus442]

Tried to install this browser a while back and it never worked. I just want to get rid of it. I was trying to install something else (I don't even remember what) until Iron got in the way.

So I gave this a shot:
dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

and I got this error:
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege

so I gave this a shot:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
[password]
dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

and I got this error:
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege


I appreciate any help.

[woodrobin]

Tried to install this browser a while back and it never worked. I just want to get rid of it. I was trying to install something else (I don't even remember what) until Iron got in the way.

So I gave this a shot:
dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

and I got this error:
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege

so I gave this a shot:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
[password]
dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

and I got this error:
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege


I appreciate any help.

You'll need to preface the dpkg --remove command with sudo:

sudo dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

That should take care of it. If the package wasn't fully or properly installed first time around, you might need to run:

sudo dpkg -i iron  && sudo dpkg --remove --force remove-reinstreq iron

That would correctly install the package, allowing the removal process to know what files it is supposed to remove.

[prometheus442]

Thanks, Duuuuuuude.