Cancel installing pending package with apt-get

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Yesterday I trying to install a package with apt-get but I regret of installing this package, but every time I want to install a new package the apt-get trying to install that package again !

How I can cancel hold packages in apt-get ?

What was the name of the package? – inimene Sep 05 '14 at 09:20 — inimene, Sep 05 '14 at 09:20
the package name is oracle-java8-installer – MajAfy Sep 05 '14 at 09:36 — MajAfy, Sep 05 '14 at 09:36

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '14 at 09:21

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You may not have removed the package correctly, or apt-get got interrupted while removing the package. First, I would suggest running the following to process pending operations:

apt-get -f install

Once this is done, use autoremove to make sure there is no garbage in the way:

apt-get autoremove

Then, remove your package completely:

apt-get remove --purge [package name]

answered Sep 05 '14 at 09:21

John WH Smith

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I had to manually removed all directories refering to the offending package in /var/lib/dpkg/info/, before your solution, to make it work. – Bludwarf Feb 25 '22 at 11:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 00:26

I manually removed it from folder list. I checked the path where they are about to be installed. On my part,

it's located in /etc/apt/souces.list.d/PACKAGE_NAME

I was trying to install spotify running Jessie from raspberry pi. Then 'sudo apt-get update ' was successful again.

Cancel installing pending package with apt-get

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