set -ex
-maasver=$(apt-cache policy maas | grep Installed | cut -d ':' -f 2 | sed -e 's/^.*: //')
+maasver=$(apt-cache policy maas | grep Installed | cut -d ':' -f 2 | sed -e 's/^[ ]*//')
if [[ "$maasver" > "2" ]]; then
echo "removing existing maas ..."