Trouble Removing RPM's

[Jim]

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.