ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove ibmasm-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ibmasm-utils
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
After this operation, 139kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 100713 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ibmasm-utils ...
Stopping ibmasm: 
invoke-rc.d: initscript ibmasm, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing ibmasm-utils (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
 * \nWaiting for ibmasm device to appear (2 seconds timeout)
. . Errors were encountered while processing:
 ibmasm-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)