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Re: [Question #76549]: Cannot remove package vim, using purge or remove

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From: Isak Frants <question76549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:16:28 -0000
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Question #76549 on vim in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/76549

    Status: Open => Needs information

Isak Frants requested for more information:
Hm there should have been a couple of .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives
:O

Make first backups, and then try to delete these files. Delete everything with "vim" and "vim-gnome".
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/vim*.postrm
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/vim*.postinst

After that you could try to do a
sudo apt-get clean
(this deletes all your .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives)
sudo apt-get install vim 

What do you get?

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