WarZone2100 install gone bad, can't reinstall [solved]

[Sgthawker]

I may have caused myself a headache here and I don't know how to resolve it.

I had Warzone 2100 installed from the Mint repos. I tried to install a newer version from removed to access newer features. In retrospect I probably should have uninstalled the Mint repo version before installing the newer one.

The newer version crashed upon start with an error message I did not think to retain. I searched on the forums to attempt to remove it using the CLI, including removing the removed ppa. I used the following at the CLI:

sudo apt-get remove removed
sudo apt-get purge warzone2100
sudo apt-get remove warzone2100
sudo apt autoremove

I attempted to reinstall from the Mint repo with a "Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade" error. I have partial screenshots for some of the process.







And inxi if it helps.

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sarge@Olorin-LM18 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: Olorin-LM18 Kernel: 4.10.0-40-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.9 (Qt 5.6.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: SABERTOOTH Z170 S v: Rev 1.xx
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 3504 date: 06/29/2017
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-6700K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 32064
           clock speeds: max: 4200 MHz 1: 899 MHz 2: 2669 MHz 3: 914 MHz 4: 1625 MHz 5: 1325 MHz
           6: 899 MHz 7: 934 MHz 8: 2622 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] bus-ID: 02:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 950/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 381.22 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 2x NVIDIA Device 0fba driver: snd_hda_intelsnd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1
           Card-2 Creative Labs EMU20k2 [X-Fi Titanium Series] driver: snd_ctxfi bus-ID: 6e:00.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-40-generic
Network:   Card: Intel Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k bus-ID: 00:1f.6
           IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 480.1GB (25.1% used) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: N/A size: 512.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SDSSDX48 size: 480.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 24G used: 18G (80%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 24.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 371 Uptime: 17:17 Memory: 2806.9/64368.0MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

Can anyone guide me how to completely remove the poor install and get the Mint repo version to be able to reinstall?

[Sir Charles]

I would open Software Sources and removedeb http://archive.removed/ ubuntu zesty-removed games. It should be under "Additional Repositories". Close Software Sources.
Now open up a terminal and run:

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apt autoremove

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apt autoclean

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apt update

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apt install -f

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apt install warzone2100

If you still get error messages, post them back.

[Sgthawker]

@Marziano

Thank you, that worked fine. I appreciate the help.



A separate question if you don't mind. Would it have been a better idea to have removed the Mint repo version before attempting the removed install? Just for future reference.

[Sir Charles]

I am not sure about that, since "deb http://archive.removed/ ubuntu zesty-removed games" apparently uses packages for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) and Mint 18.x is based on Ubuntu 16.04. So you might still have ended up with some non-well running packages in your system. That's probably the reason that the program crashed at the first place.

[Sgthawker]

Thank you again for the info!

[Sir Charles]

You are welcome!
you got it working now!
Cheers