As noted by Miguel Tadeu, the openerp user has to be logged out first, otherwise dpkg will keep throwing errors.
So to uninstall openerp-server on my Ubuntu 10.10 32bit desktop, I ran :
$ sudo skill -kill -u openerp
and then I was able to remove openerp-server using:
$ sudo apt-get remove openerp-server
P.S. I did not need to stop the openerp-server service manually, apt-get took care of it during the removal process. However, if you need to stop the openerp-server process, you can do so manually using be4truth's instructions above.
As noted by Miguel Tadeu, the openerp user has to be logged out first, otherwise dpkg will keep throwing errors.
So to uninstall openerp-server on my Ubuntu 10.10 32bit desktop, I ran :
$ sudo skill -kill -u openerp
and then I was able to remove openerp-server using:
$ sudo apt-get remove openerp-server
For details, see "man skill" or http:// www.cyberciti. biz/tips/ howto-linux- kill-and- logout- users.html
P.S. I did not need to stop the openerp-server service manually, apt-get took care of it during the removal process. However, if you need to stop the openerp-server process, you can do so manually using be4truth's instructions above.