yum won't remove a package that it lists as present
Chris G
cl at isbd.net
Fri Dec 14 16:09:56 UTC 2007
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:51:52AM -0500, David Boles wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
> > Why won't yum remove the older qt.x86_64? See below:-
> >
> > home# yum list qt
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Installed Packages
> > qt.x86_64 1:3.3.8-4.fc7 installed
> > qt.x86_64 1:3.3.8-7.fc7 installed
> > Available Packages
> > qt.i386 1:3.3.8-7.fc7 updates
> > home# yum remove qt-3.3.8-4.x86_64
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Setting up Remove Process
> > No Match for argument: qt-3.3.8-4.x86_64
> > No Packages marked for removal
> >
>
>
> Because this is a 'duplicate package' listed in the rpmdb.
>
> Yum install yum-utils
>
> package-cleanup -d will show the duplicate listing(s) could be more
>
> package-cleanup --cleandupes will fix it.
>
> package-cleanup by itself will display the switches.
Excellent, thank you.
Previously I had done a straightforward remove of an old/duplicate
package but a tool to automate the process is very welcome.
--
Chris Green
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