Removing packages

[Ali Helmy]

Yes, i was connected to the net... I kept trying it all day, and at
different times, and it still says the same

On 27/03/06, Richard England <rengland at europa.com> wrote:
>
> Ali Helmy wrote:
> > If you are using fedora 5, than use redhat's new graphical frontend to
> > yum, pirut (should say something like 'Add/Remove Software' in the
> > menu). Just go to search and type in the apps you want to get rid of,
> > and select them for removal.
> >
> > When I start pirut from the menu, it loads a window that says
> > retireving system information, then after a little while displays an
> > error: Unable to retrieve system information, then exits
> >
> > I will try the rpm whay offered by Gordon, but I dunno what wrong with
> > pirut... any ideas?
> >
> > On 26/03/06, *Gordon Messmer* <yinyang at eburg.com
> > <mailto:yinyang at eburg.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Ali Helmy wrote:
> >     >
> >     > So how exactly do I list find and list all their rpms so that I
> can
> >     > remove them using rpm?
> >
> >     Determine the path:
> >     $ which epiphany
> >
> >     Determine the package:
> >     $ rpm -qf `which epiphany`
> >
> >     Remove the package:
> >     $ yum remove `rpm -qf \`which epiphany\``
> >
> >
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> > A. Helmy
>
> You were connected to the net when you tried pirut, yes?
>
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