How do I get rid of an apps I don't want.

[irv]

I have been trying to remove wicd from my laptop with not much luck. I want to remove wicd and install network-manager-gnome again. here is what I get:

irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove wicd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fakeroot libnm-util1 dkms fglrx-kernel-source
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
wicd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1905kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 270048 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wicd ...
Stopping wicd daemon...
invoke-rc.d: initscript wicd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/wicd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Stopping any running daemons...
Starting wicd daemon...
Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any idea how to do this. Right now I have no network-manager showing up in my System>Administration. I can't change my network setting.
I went to http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts
but I am not sure what it is telling me to do?
any help would be great. thanks

[KhurramM]

Try:


sudo dpkg -r wicd

OR

sudo dpkg -P wicd

U can see details in man dpkg.

Hope this helps u out.

[irv]

Try:


sudo dpkg -r wicd

OR

sudo dpkg -P wicd

U can see details in man dpkg.

Hope this helps u out.

I tried them both here's what I got:
sudo dpkg -r wicd

irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -r wicd
[sudo] password for irv:
(Reading database ... 284789 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wicd ...
Stopping wicd daemon...
invoke-rc.d: initscript wicd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/wicd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Stopping any running daemons...
Starting wicd daemon...
Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd
irv@irv-old-laptop:~$

sudo dpkg -P wicd

irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -P wicd
[sudo] password for irv:
(Reading database ... 284789 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wicd ...
Stopping wicd daemon...
invoke-rc.d: initscript wicd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--purge):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/wicd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Stopping any running daemons...
Starting wicd daemon...
Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd
irv@irv-old-laptop:~$
Thanks for the suggestions

[irv]

I still have not got this problem solved. Is there any help on this? Thanks

[zeex]

I still have not got this problem solved. Is there any help on this? Thanks

Hi,

Try this


$ sudo apt-get --purge remove wicd

Good luck :)

[irv]

Hi,

Try this


$ sudo apt-get --purge remove wicd

Good luck :)

I tried it and got:

irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ $ sudo apt-get --purge remove wicd
bash: $: command not found
irv@irv-old-laptop:~$

Then I tried this sudo dpkg -r wicd -- purge --force-all and got:

irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -r wicd -- purge --force-all
[sudo] password for irv:
dpkg: status database area is locked by another process
irv@irv-old-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -r wicd -- purge --force-all
(Reading database ... 284791 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wicd ...
Stopping wicd daemon...
invoke-rc.d: initscript wicd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing wicd (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/wicd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Stopping any running daemons...
Starting wicd daemon...
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove -- which isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove purge which isn't installed.
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove --force-all which isn't installed.
Errors were encountered while processing:
wicd
irv@irv-old-laptop:~$

[llemm]

I have been trying to remove wicd from my laptop with not much luck. I want to remove wicd and install network-manager-gnome again. here is what I get:

Any idea how to do this. Right now I have no network-manager showing up in my System>Administration. I can't change my network setting.
I went to http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts
but I am not sure what it is telling me to do?
any help would be great. thanks

sudo apt-get remove --purge (app you want to remove>

[irv]

sudo apt-get remove --purge (app you want to remove>

If you look at my first post this is what I tried. Thanks any way.