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On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 08:13:58AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote |
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> I notice in attempts to re-install vbox guest-additions that the |
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> process shows `!!' at certain lines during the process. |
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> So, it is apparently failing to uninstall some parts of existing |
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> guest-additions. |
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> I suspect that may be why the install fails. |
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> Anyone know how I might go about uninstalling all the bits and pieces |
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> of a prior vbox guest-additions install manually? |
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Manually? If it's still installed, I suggest... |
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equery f virtualbox-guest-additions > vgafiles.txt |
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...to get a list of all its files, and then uninstall. Then remove any |
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leftovers manually, checking against the list in vgafiles.txt. If it's |
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already "uninstalled" equery won't help. In that case, go through the |
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log file in /var/log/portage and look for lines with "!!" and remove the |
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files it's complaining about. grep will speed up the search. Before |
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actually removing a file, I suggest... |
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equery b filename |
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...to check if it also belongs to another package. That might be the |
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reason for the problem in the first place. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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