Remove ztemtEVDO_1.1.8-0sue1_i386

Question

in the first, i try t install this software "ztemtEVDO_1.1.8-0sue1_i386"

but it's give this error, and then now i want to remove it's from Ubuntu software center but it's give me this error

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(Reading database ... 122729 files and directories currently installed.)

Removing ztemtevdo ...

ztemtvcdromd: no process found

dpkg: error processing ztemtevdo (--remove):

 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

 ztemtevdo

how i can remove this application? this application really annoyin me, make me cannot uninstall the other application.

thx

Answer 1

Probably ztemtevdo removal script is expecting for a process called ztemtvcdromd which doesn't seem to be running.

A hack to fool dpkg and force it remove ztemtevdo could be that of creating yourself a process named ztemtvcdromd.

To do this you should create one:

1. create a file in your home directory called ztemtvcdromd, and write into it:

   #!/bin/bash
   cat
   

2. set execution permissions on it (you can do this via a terminal running: chmod +x ztemtvcdromd)

3. run it (run ./ztemtvcdromd on a terminal), and let it run (don't stop/kill it)

Now you should be able to remove ztemtevdo, since its removal script will find a running process called ztemtvcdromd and will kill it...