ryan@rkavanagh:/var/cache$ sudo dpkg -P python2.3
(Reading database ... 346852 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing python2.3 ...
Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python2.3...
pycentral: pycentral rtremove: installed runtime python2.3 not found
pycentral rtremove: installed runtime python2.3 not found
dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python2.3
ryan@rkavanagh:/var/cache$