I can't uninstall rootsh
 

I'm installed rootsh because the required need, when I wanted to uninstall jumped a message from "Can not delete application" is there some other way to get rid of it?


I can not even install again

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

open terminal
root
dpkg --remove rootsh

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

Nokia-N900-51-1:~# dpkg --remove rootsh
(Reading database ... 24169 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing rootsh ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/rootsh.prerm: line 5: syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting "then")
dpkg: error processing rootsh (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
rootsh

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

please post us the result of:
cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/rootsh.prerm
thanks :D

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

Ok, /var/lib/dpkg/info/rootsh.prerm is malformed. The if statement line must end with "; then"...
Once solved this it removes normally

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

I don't have this file anymore but it was something like

if [ blahblahblahblah ]
...
fi

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

good to hear :)
[edit]

heh I didn't notice that post
heres what mine looks like



I think it should look like this

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

That's it! And it should be:

:)

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

ok what is the simplest way to do this?

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

I think that the simplest way should be copying this:
to a new file called rootsh.prerm
(I suppose that doing this with your computer would be simpler)
Now copy it to your N900 and enter this on your terminal (as root):
I don't know if it's simple enough.

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

New version 1.8 which fixing uninstall bug was promoted to Extras-Testing. Vote for fixed version: http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...el/rootsh/1.8/

Re: I can't uninstall rootsh
 

This thread is duplicate of http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=40813