Can't purge, and can't reinstall dansguardian - help!

[pianoboy3333]

Lets see if we can fool it then

sudo mdkir -P /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/

# If the forst command give you an error, keep going ...

sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/urls
sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian

mkdir -P doesn't exist - what's P supposed to do?

sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/urls didn't work, the second touch command did but then the dpkg command ended up just as the other did before

[bodhi.zazen]

the -P is make parent directories, and it is -p (small p), my mistake lol

sudo mdkir -p /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/

If the forst command give you an error, keep going ...

sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/urls
sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian

[pianoboy3333]

the -P is make parent directories, and it is -p (small p), my mistake lol

sudo mdkir -p /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/

If the forst command give you an error, keep going ...

sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/urls
sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian

still not working...

$ sudo mdkir -p /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/
[sudo] password for alex:
sudo: mdkir: command not found
alex@dell9150:~$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/
alex@dell9150:~$ sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/ads/urls
alex@dell9150:~$ sudo touch /etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf
alex@dell9150:~$ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 165592 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dansguardian ...
Stopping DansGuardian: dansguardian.
/etc/init.d/dansguardian: 71: /usr/local/apps/parental-control/./dansguardian_log.pl: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript dansguardian, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing dansguardian (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
Starting DansGuardian: Error reading file: /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error reading file: /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error opening file:/etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error opening bannedurllist
Error opening filter list:/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf
Error reading filter group conf file(s).
Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
invoke-rc.d: initscript dansguardian, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dansguardian

[damoxc]

Looks to me like it's not removing because the init script is broken. Try

sudo touch /etc/init.d/dansguardian

Edit:
And then of course:

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian

[pianoboy3333]

Looks to me like it's not removing because the init script is broken. Try

sudo touch /etc/init.d/dansguardian

Edit:
And then of course:

sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian

Still a no-go

$ sudo touch /etc/init.d/dansguardian
$ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all dansguardian
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 165592 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dansguardian ...
Stopping DansGuardian: dansguardian.
/etc/init.d/dansguardian: 71: /usr/local/apps/parental-control/./dansguardian_log.pl: not found
invoke-rc.d: initscript dansguardian, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing dansguardian (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
Starting DansGuardian: Error reading file: /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error reading file: /etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error opening file:/etc/dansguardian/blacklists/adult/urls
Error opening bannedurllist
Error opening filter list:/etc/dansguardian/dansguardianf1.conf
Error reading filter group conf file(s).
Error parsing the dansguardian.conf file or other DansGuardian configuration files
invoke-rc.d: initscript dansguardian, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dansguardian

[damoxc]

hmm, ok try:

nano /etc/init.d/dansguardian

and stick `exit 0` on the first line. This will guarantee a successful return so the script won't fail and dpkg will think it's stopped and it should remove then. The init script is what's causing the issue.

[pianoboy3333]

hmm, ok try:

nano /etc/init.d/dansguardian

and stick `exit 0` on the first line. This will guarantee a successful return so the script won't fail and dpkg will think it's stopped and it should remove then. The init script is what's causing the issue.

bingo! Thank you all for helping me, the problem is now solved.