Trouble Removing RPM's

[inode0]

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