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post #1 of 10
7/20/12 at 8:05am
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Hello OCN.
I'm trying to remove xinetd but errors occur when I attempt to run apt-get remove.
Code:
jgp@wildcat:~$ sudo apt-get remove xinetd
[sudo] password for jgp: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  xinetd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 838 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 397 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 84920 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xinetd ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/xinetd not found.
dpkg: error processing xinetd (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 100
configured to not write apport reports
                                      invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/xinetd not found.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xinetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Also, I can not install the package either...
Code:
jgp@wildcat:~$ sudo apt-get install xinetd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
xinetd is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 838 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up xinetd (1:2.3.14-7ubuntu4) ...
invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/xinetd not found.
dpkg: error processing xinetd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
configured to not write apport reports
                                      Errors were encountered while processing:
 xinetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
For reference I am running CrunchBang 10.
How can I completely remove xinetd from my system, without using apt-get remove?
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post #2 of 10
7/20/12 at 8:09am
You don't. There's no need to remove it.
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7/20/12 at 9:17am
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I may be wrong but i think xinetd is a importent internet package. You shouldnt remove it.
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7/20/12 at 9:45am
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Then, in that case, how can I repair the installation, since there is an apparent issue with it. Thanks.
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7/20/12 at 10:57am
sudo apt-get install -f

Unless you botched it beyond repair, I've had that happen a few times (even recent) but were due to my own fault. I did upgrade where I should have done dist-upgrade, it didn't turn out in my favor. =( Oh well, it wasn't really important.
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Similar thing here. got lazy with my dist-upgrade, didnt check broken packages before reboot and bricked my mint 12 install. Oh well, now I run a triple boot of debian gnu/linux squeeze, freebsd 9, and debian gnu/hurd sid.

@op- install -f should work. If not try and run sudo apt-get -purge remove [package] then reinstall
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7/20/12 at 12:53pm
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Similar thing here. got lazy with my dist-upgrade, didnt check broken packages before reboot and bricked my mint 12 install. Oh well, now I run a triple boot of debian gnu/linux squeeze, freebsd 9, and debian gnu/hurd sid.
@op- install -f should work. If not try and run sudo apt-get -purge remove [package] then reinstall

How is hurd working? I've read it's still a bit unfinished, as in not many desktop uses? Things going quick? Also, good to see you moved to pure Debian! I'm a fan of testing/unstable instead of using the release names.
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7/20/12 at 1:35pm
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post #9 of 10
7/20/12 at 2:02pm
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I may be wrong but i think xinetd is a importent internet package. You shouldnt remove it.

not internet - just networking in general.

Basically xinetd is a daemon that acts as a wrapper for a number of networking servers. It's a way of keeping less busy services (eg FTP) grouped to (IIRC) keep the footprint down and just generally keep configurations tidier.

Personally I hate xinetd.
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7/20/12 at 8:31pm
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Yeah, I reinstalled CrunchBang and it works fine. Thanks for the help.
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