How to completely remove a package that didn't install properly?
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I recently installed a package from a ppa on Ubuntu 12.04 beta, but apparently it didn't work out, and now it is giving me errors at every update or install I make, even after deactivating the ppa from my sources.
This is what I get when I try uninstalling from USC:
installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
(Reading database ... 25%
(Reading database ... 30%
(Reading database ... 35%
(Reading database ... 40%
(Reading database ... 45%
(Reading database ... 50%
(Reading database ... 55%
(Reading database ... 60%
(Reading database ... 65%
(Reading database ... 70%
(Reading database ... 75%
(Reading database ... 80%
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 90%
(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 295120 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing oracle-java7-installer ...
update-alternatives: error: unknown argument `cdrom'
dpkg: error processing oracle-java7-installer (--remove): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Downloading...
--2012-04-12 13:13:21-- http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u3-b04/jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz
Rsolution de download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)...
203.13.161.233, 203.13.161.234
Connexion vers download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|203.13.161.233|:80... connect. requte HTTP transmise, en attente de la rponse... 302 Moved Temporarily
Emplacement: https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u3-b04/jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz [suivant]
--2012-04-12 13:13:21-- https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u3-b04/jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz
Rsolution de edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)...
173.223.150.174
Connexion vers edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)|173.223.150.174|:443... connect. requte HTTP transmise, en attente de la rponse... 302 Moved Temporarily Emplacement: http://download.oracle.com/errors/download-fail-1505220.html [suivant]
--2012-04-12 13:13:22-- http://download.oracle.com/errors/download-fail-1505220.html
Connexion vers download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|203.13.161.233|:80... connect. requte HTTP transmise, en attente de la rponse... 200 OK
Longueur: 5307 (5,2K) [text/html]
Sauvegarde en : ./jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz
0K ..... 100% 4,94M=0,001s
2012-04-12 13:13:22 (4,94 MB/s) - ./jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz sauvegard [5307/5307]
Download done.
sha256sum mismatch jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz
Oracle JDK 7 is NOT installed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing: oracle-java7-installer
Error in function:
I also tried "remove completely" from synaptic but it doesn't work either.
Thank you for your help in advance!
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