Bug#762763: steam refuses to install after uninstall

[Derek Upham]

I encountered this as well.  I needed to purge the package, not just
remove it.  Then I was able to reinstall it.

The purge process wasn't working for me initially.  The purge script
attempts to warn you that it doesn't purge all files, and the warning
check was failing in this block:

  if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then
      db_input high steam/purge
      db_go
  fi

The error was

  "steam/purge" doesn't exist

I commented out that block in /var/lib/dpkg/info/steam.postrm, purged
the package, and installed from the latest unstable (1.0.0.49-1).  It
also purges correctly now.

Derek

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:57:34 -0400 rektide at voodoowarez.com wrote:
> That's what this ticket pertains to- I did remove the package. It removed.
> 
> After removing it, it will not reinstall. There is no debian prompt that occurs: 
> steam flatly refuses to install.
> 
> on Sun, 5 Oct 2014 13:47:02 -0400 Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org> wrote:
> > You'll need to remove the package, then reinstall it to be able to
> > select differently in the debconf prompts.
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Mike
> 
> 

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Derek Upham
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