[ale] Any debian experts? How do I forcibly remove something that isn't installed.

[Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net (Robert L. Harris)]

What does the command : "dpkg -l | grep libapache2" show you?


Thus spake Jim (ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com):

> I tried to install a package that needed a newer version of libc.  It 
> didn't install but now something appears to be hosed.  No matter what I 
> try to install, remove etc, I get the following message.
> 
> Removing libapache2-mod-ifier ...
> This module is already disabled, or does not exist!
> dpkg: error processing libapache2-mod-ifier (--remove):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libapache2-mod-ifier
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> I've tried using --purge --force-all, --remove --force-all on dpkg but 
> it says it isn't there.  The message above came from an apt-get install 
> foo command.
> 
> How do I fix the database, any idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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