Re: Can you query installed .src.rpm's - and delete them ?

[Stuart <stuart sjsears com>]

David Timms wrote:
> Hi, had a bit of a look for how to remove various src rpms that I've 
> messed with when trying to track bags etc. I though they may be tracked 
> in the rpm database, but google nor maximum rpm do not seem to have an 
> answer.

a src rpm is little more than a cpio archive, they are not 'installed' 
as such, but unpacked into a location defined using the %_topdir rpm 
macro (defaults to /usr/src/redhat)

> I can see they got installed under /usr/src/redhat, but what is the most 
> foolproof way to get rid of particular ones ?

rm :)

A src rpm will have put files in
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS and /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

if you have run rpmbuild commands, there may also be files in
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD
as well as the SRPMS and RPMS/<arch> subdirectories

removing the apprpriate files from these dirs will 'uninstall' the 
source packages.

Regards

Stuart Sears
--
Stuart Sears RHCA etc