Error with APE Server Installation
- by sadmicrowave
I was trying to install APE-Server from the .deb file at the ape-server homepage (www.ape-project.org) and I ran into an error so wanted to try removing the installation and reinstalling. I did a sudo apt-get remove ape-server which ran successfully but left ape-server folders in my /etc/ and /etc/init.d locations. Me being an idiot new comer to linux decided that manually delete those folders. Now when I reinstall the ape-server those folders don't get recreated and therefore I cannot send the
/etc/init.d/ape-server [option]
command because the folder is not found.
When I try to sudo apt-get purge (or remove) ape-server I get the following
sudo apt-get purge ape-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ape-server*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 92 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 1,753kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 43924 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ape-server ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/ape-server not found.
dpkg: error processing ape-server (--purge):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ape-server: file does not exist
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ape-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
My question is; how do I remove all of the ape-server installation packages that were installed so I can reinstall from scratch?