Ubuntu 6.10 which is using dash instead of bash as a default This should be done automatically, but there is an issue with To reinstall or uninstall avg, running avg daemons must be stopped. Thought I'd mention this since I guess it could become a problem in the near future with people like me who decide to uninstall the old version and try to install the new one.įrom 'AVG free forum', avg:s own forum. The reason for this has to be that this older version is still installed and operating, but I cannot see a way of turning it off to uninstall it. Preparing to replace avg75fld 7.5.45_a0973 (using ). Selecting previously deselected package avg75fld. Then tried to reinstall the old version again and got a similar error message to the above: Subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 100Įrrors were encountered while processing: Invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/avgd not found.ĭpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 100ĭpkg - trying script from the new package instead. 126983 files and directories currently installed.) deb but using the HOWTO to see if the new version checks for old versions and uninstalls before installing the new one and got the following error message: So in summary this older version is marked as being still installed and I cannot find a way to uninstall itĭecided to try simply installing the new. deb via Synaptic using complete removal option.ĭid not uninstall but produced the following error message:Į: avg75fld: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 100 Removed the launcher, and attempted to remove the old.

Sudo apt-get install alien libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 python2.4-glade2 python2.4-gtk2Īgain thanks to Techno-mole for this and could you possibly look into using the updated file, AI When clicking on the App >Sys Tools > AVG a password prompt comes up and I complete, but then AVG simply does not load.Ĭredit to Techno-mole who has supplied this () link to the older file in the HOWTO.Īlso he suggests (from an earlier page in this huge post) that the following should be run to make sure that all dependencies are loaded (mine wasn't on a box which had been updated to Feisty from Edgy):

The rest of this excellent HOWTO still works as expected.ĮDIT: There is a problem with the updated file, which for me stops AVG from actually launching. Please note that grisoft have now updated their downloaded file and the first line of the HOWTO should now read:

Avg free update failed