Trouble Removing RPM's
inode0
inode0 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 18:16:49 UTC 2008
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> inode0 wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> # rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm
> >> error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm is not installed
> >> [root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2
> >> error: "gtk2" specifies multiple packages
> >> [root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8
> >> error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8 is not installed
> >> [root at x86_64 mickey]#
> >>
> >
> > rpm expects a package name ,,, use --allmatches do remove both
> > versions if that is what you really want to do.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> John would you please do a 'example' of using the command --allmatches I
> have never seen this used.
> Also how would this affect the dependencies ?
rpm -e --test --allmatches gtk2
You will need to deal with dependencies if there are any.
John
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