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robrene

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 168

Trying to remove mpd resulted in an error, now what?

$ sudo pacman -Rns mpd
checking dependencies...

Remove (1): mpd-0.15.9-6  

Total Removed Size:   0.47 MB

Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] 
(1/1) removing mpd                                  [############################################################] 100%
error: command failed to execute correctly
$ sudo pacman -Rns mpd
mpd not found, searching for group...
error: 'mpd': not found in local db

$ cat /var/log/pacman.log
(...)
[2010-05-28 15:58] removed mpd (0.15.9-6)

Now what? Is it gone? Do I need to do something special? What was the error?

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loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: Trying to remove mpd resulted in an error, now what?

This is a guess but I think the error may have something to do with removing the mpd user.  Check to see if it's stil there.

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robrene

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 168

Re: Trying to remove mpd resulted in an error, now what?

If memory serves me right, I never made an mpd user. I never ended up using mpd (that's why I'm removing it) and when I configured it I made it start as a user daemon (not system wide). How would I check for the existance of such a user, and whether that was what it complained about?

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Atragor

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 59

Re: Trying to remove mpd resulted in an error, now what?

.INSTALL script located in mpd package uses getent to check whether mpd user and group exist:

getent passwd "mpd" &>/dev/null && userdel mpd 1>/dev/null
getent group "mpd" &>/dev/null && groupdel mpd 1>/dev/null

P.S. I've noticed that the script also moves /etc/mpd.conf to /etc/mpd.conf.pacsave. Does it mean that --nosave option is ignored?

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Trying to remove mpd resulted in an error, now what?

You can always reinstall mpd and then remove it a second time.