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I've just hit a wall, and after searching so much, haven't been able to figure out a solution for this.

root@server:# apt-get remove libapache2-mod-geoip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libapache2-mod-geoip
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 115kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 64325 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libapache2-mod-geoip ...
ERROR: Module geoip does not exist!
dpkg: error processing libapache2-mod-geoip (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libapache2-mod-geoip
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The package libapache2-mod-geoip isn't properly installed either, and I am unable to re-install it with dpkg-reconfigure or purge it using dpkg -P libapache2-mod-geoip. It gives me the same error.

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    Instead of making the Subject Solved. Can you post the solution as an answer below. Then when you can mark it as accepted? Dec 20, 2010 at 16:10

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I've solved the problem. I needed to delete the definition from /var/lib/dpkg/info and then uninstall went smooth.

root@server:/var/lib/dpkg/info# rm libapache2-mod-geoip.*
root@server:~# sudo apt-get purge libapache2-mod-geoip
root@server:~# sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-geoi

and the package as been installed.

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  • (on behalf of bibstha) Dec 20, 2010 at 16:18
  • Thanks, I'm still new to serverfault. Thanks for letting me know. Dec 22, 2010 at 4:11
  • @bibstha: Thanks for posting this information here. There is often a bit of a learning curve to our system, but the idea that in the end it is easy for future people to find the answer to their problem without much effort. Dec 22, 2010 at 14:05

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