yum rpm removal afte 'yum localinstall *.rpm'

[Mostafa Z. Afgani]

Bob Hartung wrote:
>   So I have removed Tomcat with yum.  Now how do I remove the list of 
> java-1.5.0.05 rpms with yum.  I have tried a variety of command forms 
> without luck.  Or do I have to try to remove them 1 by 1 with rpm -e?
> Tried this too, however, and rpm reports a slew of dependencies that may 
> take a lifetime (exagggeration somewhat!) to figure out.
> 
>   help appreciated.  I have tried to read the yum docs without much 
> success.

Have you tried "yum remove java-*" ?

You can  check the listing to make sure that it removes only the 
relevant java packages.

> 
> Thanks and a Happy New Year!
> 
> Bob
> 

Happy new year to you too!
-M