apt-get "Unable to locate package" with a glob
I'm trying to uninstall the Pantheon desktop. I use a star glob to uninstall all packages with a name that starts with "pantheon-".
rolf@DRGMC01:~$ sudo apt-get remove pantheon-*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb'OK, let's install the missing package then.
rolf@DRGMC01:~$ sudo apt-get install pantheon-debian-repos
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed: pantheon-debian-repos
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,682 B of archives.
After this operation, 19.5 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 stretch-loki/main amd64 pantheon-debian-repos all 0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1 [3,682 B]
Fetched 3,682 B in 0s (12.2 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package pantheon-debian-repos.
(Reading database ... 180511 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb ...
Unpacking pantheon-debian-repos (0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1) ...
Setting up pantheon-debian-repos (0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1) ...
Importing pantheon-debian keyring
Warning: apt-key should not be used in scripts (called from postinst maintainerscript of the package pantheon-debian-repos)
OKMaybe now?
rolf@DRGMC01:~$ sudo apt-get remove pantheon-* --ignore-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb'No. Is it really installed?
rolf@DRGMC01:~$ dpkg -l |grep '^ii panth'
ii pantheon-agent-polkit 0.1.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1+r1 amd64 Polkit authorization designed for Pantheon
ii pantheon-debian-repos 0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1 all Pantheon Debian Repository configuration
ii pantheon-dpms-helper 1:0.4.3.1+bzr235-0+pantheon+stretch+loki2 all script and settings for X DPMS
ii pantheon-mail 1.0.6-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1+r1 amd64 Email client etc.What is going on here?
- Why would apt-get not see a package that is installed?
- Why would it care about this package at all?
1 Answer
It looks as though you have pantheon-debian-repos_0.4-0+pantheon+stretch+loki1_all.deb in your current directory, and pantheon-* is expanded to this by the shell.
What you need is:
sudo apt-get remove 'pantheon-*'or:
sudo apt-get remove "pantheon-*"
