Yes I tried that, however I got the following error:
root@test1111:~# sudo apt-get purge openfire
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
openfire*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 18.0 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 53775 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing openfire ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript openfire, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing openfire (--purge):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript openfire, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
openfire
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Also, for context, the original error I got when trying to install was:
root@test1111:~# dpkg -i downloadServlet\?filename\=openfire%2Fopenfire_3.9.1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 53396 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openfire (from downloadServlet?filename=openfire%2Fopenfire_3.9.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up openfire (3.9.1) ...
adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/openfire' does not belong to the user you are currently creating.
invoke-rc.d: initscript openfire, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing openfire (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
openfire