root@power:~# apt-get remove initramfs-tools Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package initramfs-tools is not installed, so not removed You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-image-2.6.17: Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.53) but it is not going to be installed or yaird (>= 0.1.11) but it is not going to be installed or linux-initramfs-tool E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).