Found an issue with a file that is used during uninstall

[RCady 0]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm not entirely sure if this is has been already or not, but I found a bug on my emby installation.

 

I was previously running Emby Server on Ubuntu 14.04. My install became corrupt or something so it was no longer working. I decided to start over and uninstall Emby. When I did this I started down a path of errors that I couldn't track down. The main issue I was having was the inability to use apt-get install or apt-get remove. It was caused by the emby-server package not being fully removed.

 

Anyway, I finally found the issue and it happened to be a file called: emby-server.postrm

 

The path was: /var/lib/dpkg/info/

 

Here are the contents to the file:

# Data directory where Emby database, cache and logs are stored
PROGRAMDATA=${EMBY_DATA-/var/lib/$NAME}

case "$1" in
  purge)
    echo PURGE | debconf-communicate $NAME > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
    if [ -f /etc/init.d/$NAME ]; then
      update-rc.d -f $NAME remove > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit $?
    fi

    if [ -d $PROGRAMDATA ]; then
      rm -rf $PROGRAMDATA
    fi
    userdel emby > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
    delgroup --quiet emby 2>&1 || true
    [ -f /etc/init.d/emby ] && rm /etc/init.d/emby
    [ -f /etc/init.d/emby-server ] && rm /etc/init.d/emby-server
    [ -f /etc/init.d/emby-server-beta ] && rm /etc/init.d/emby-server-beta
    [ -f /etc/init.d/emby-server-dev ] && rm /etc/init.d/emby-server-dev
    [ -f /etc/init.d/mediabrowser ] && rm /etc/init.d/mediabrowser
    [ -f /etc/init/emby-server ] && rm /etc/init/emby-server
    [ -f /etc/init/emby-server-beta ] && rm /etc/init/emby-server-beta
    [ -f /etc/init/emby-server-dev ] && rm /etc/init/emby-server-dev
    [ -f /etc/emby-server.conf ] && rm /etc/emby-server.conf
    [ -f /usr/bin/emby-server ] && rm /usr/bin/emby-server
    [ -f /etc/sudoers.d/emby ] && rm /etc/sudoers.d/emby
    [ -f /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe.so ] && rm /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe.so
    [ -d /usr/lib/emby-server ] && rm -rf /usr/lib/emby-server
    fi  // Line 46 Source of Problem
    ;;
    remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear)
    ;;
  *)
    echo "postrm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac


exit 0

The error:  /var/lib/dpkg/info/emby-server.postrm: 46: /var/lib/dpkg/info/emby-server.postrm: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting ";;")

 

I definitely should pay attention to the logs more because it clearly tells you want the problem was.

 

On line 46 I removed the "fi" (end if), saved and re-ran the uninstall. It worked! Just putting this out there so that if anyone else is experience this, they can figure it out.

Edited February 4, 2016 by RCady

[thefirstofthe300 292]

@hurricanehrndez

 

Is this still relevant?

 

MOVED: This is a Linux specific issue.

Edited February 4, 2016 by thefirstofthe300

[hurricanehrndz 149]

Nope got update. 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Build/blob/master/builders/emby-server/debfiles/postrm