[PROBLEM] How to uninstall fail2ban? it fails with errors.

[Chinmayi]

(2nd Jul, 2024 04:42 AM)postcd Wrote:  I have installed fail2ban: http://forum.xbian.org/thread-4178-post-37899.html#pid37899 (now closed )
But it can't uninstall now (as per the output)crossy road

Quote:dpkg: error processing package fail2ban (--remove):
installed fail2ban package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Running on BCM2711 with XBian 12.0 - Bullseye, kernel: Linux ARM 32-bit version 6.1.66+

Please what to try?

UPDATE:
I have prefixed three lines of the second "if" confition in /var/lib/dpkg/info/fail2ban.prerm by character "#" and then it removed the package without "pre-removal script" error. Thanks

What are the potential risks or implications of modifying the fail2ban.prerm script to successfully uninstall the package, and are there safer alternatives to resolve the uninstall errors?