Bad OpenVPN Uninstall
On my Ubuntu 18.04 machine I installed OpenVPN and then later tried to uninstall. Now whenever I try to install anything or do pretty much anything with apt-get I get an error and the package doesnt install. This is what happens when I try to install something:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
openvpn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
yarn
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 100 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/833 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 183666 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openvpn (2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package openvpn (--remove):
unable to securely remove '/etc/openvpn/server': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
openvpn
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu openvpn apt-get
asked Dec 29 '18 at 23:47
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On my Ubuntu 18.04 machine I installed OpenVPN and then later tried to uninstall. Now whenever I try to install anything or do pretty much anything with apt-get I get an error and the package doesnt install. This is what happens when I try to install something:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
openvpn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
yarn
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 100 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/833 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 183666 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openvpn (2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package openvpn (--remove):
unable to securely remove '/etc/openvpn/server': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
openvpn
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu openvpn apt-get
asked Dec 29 '18 at 23:47
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On my Ubuntu 18.04 machine I installed OpenVPN and then later tried to uninstall. Now whenever I try to install anything or do pretty much anything with apt-get I get an error and the package doesnt install. This is what happens when I try to install something:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
openvpn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
yarn
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 100 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/833 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 183666 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openvpn (2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package openvpn (--remove):
unable to securely remove '/etc/openvpn/server': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
openvpn
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu openvpn apt-get
asked Dec 29 '18 at 23:47
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On my Ubuntu 18.04 machine I installed OpenVPN and then later tried to uninstall. Now whenever I try to install anything or do pretty much anything with apt-get I get an error and the package doesnt install. This is what happens when I try to install something:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
openvpn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
yarn
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 100 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/833 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 183666 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openvpn (2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package openvpn (--remove):
unable to securely remove '/etc/openvpn/server': Not a directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
openvpn
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu openvpn apt-get
ubuntu openvpn apt-get
asked Dec 29 '18 at 23:47
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I was able to reproduce your issue by making a file called /etc/openvpn instead of a folder.
Try removing the invalid file/folder /etc/openvpn:
sudo rm -rfv /etc/openvpn
Then remove the openvpn package:
sudo apt purge -y openvpn
answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
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I was able to reproduce your issue by making a file called /etc/openvpn instead of a folder.
Try removing the invalid file/folder /etc/openvpn:
sudo rm -rfv /etc/openvpn
Then remove the openvpn package:
sudo apt purge -y openvpn
answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
Deltik
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I was able to reproduce your issue by making a file called /etc/openvpn instead of a folder.
Try removing the invalid file/folder /etc/openvpn:
sudo rm -rfv /etc/openvpn
Then remove the openvpn package:
sudo apt purge -y openvpn
answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
Deltik
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I was able to reproduce your issue by making a file called /etc/openvpn instead of a folder.
Try removing the invalid file/folder /etc/openvpn:
sudo rm -rfv /etc/openvpn
Then remove the openvpn package:
sudo apt purge -y openvpn
answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
Deltik
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I was able to reproduce your issue by making a file called /etc/openvpn instead of a folder.
Try removing the invalid file/folder /etc/openvpn:
sudo rm -rfv /etc/openvpn
Then remove the openvpn package:
sudo apt purge -y openvpn
answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
Deltik
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 12:28
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