Trouble Removing RPM's (SOLVED)!!!
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Mon Mar 3 18:31:08 UTC 2008
Alan wrote:
>> Jeff Voskamp wrote:
>>
>>> Jim 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]#
>>>>
>>> Try it without the ".rpm" - i.e. "rpm -e --nodeps
>>> gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386" and "rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.x86_64".
>>>
>>>
>> You can't use '--nodeps' in deleteing a rpm, only to install.
>>
>
> Nope. You can do that. It does work. I just used it last night to fix a
> problem.
>
>
rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches gtk2
Well at this point I agree with you, but it's not in the man pages.
I ran the above command and it didn't crash my box.
I want to think all of you for your help.
Somebody has got to update the "man pages"
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