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C2N14 / AutomaThemely

Simple, set-and-forget python application for changing between desktop themes according to light and dark hours
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Failure to Uninstall (after error in setting Cinnamon Desktop theme) #8

Open sanctuariesman opened 5 years ago

sanctuariesman commented 5 years ago

OS: Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 3.6.7 (64-bit) Linux Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic

(Reading database ... 593498 files and directories currently installed.) Removing automathemely (1.3) ... sudo: unknown user: --global sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin Removed symlink /etc/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/automathemely.timer. sudo: unknown user: --global sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin dpkg: error processing package automathemely (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 sudo: invalid option -- 'm' usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user] usage: sudo -l [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-u user] [command] usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user] [VAR=value] [-i|-s] [<command>] usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user] file ... sudo: unknown user: --global sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin Created symlink /etc/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/automathemely.timer, pointing to /usr/lib/systemd/user/automathemely.timer. sudo: unknown user: --global sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin crontab: user-l' unknown crontab: user -' unknown Errors were encountered while processing: automathemely E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

Any Solutions to making Automathemely work? (I'd like to be able to keep it and using it.)

C2N14 commented 5 years ago

Hmmmm did you install/uninstall through apt? I think the script is failing because $SUDO_USER isn't being passed correctly...

C2N14 commented 5 years ago

Are you still having the same issue? Have you tried rebooting like #11 ?