Fedora2 Test2 rpm install/removal of packages

Reuben D. Budiardja techlist at voyager.phys.utk.edu
Mon Apr 19 12:31:46 UTC 2004


On Sunday 18 April 2004 11:12 pm, Mikevl wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have installed an application on Fedora2 using rpm -ivh. The installation
> did not conclude 100% successfully as it came up with a script error but
> the application ran real well until I change my password, mistake. I now
> need to remove it which seem to be a problem using rpm -e. What is the
> procedure for removing a package manually.
>
> i.e. Delete disk files
> remove package entries from rpm database (where)
> any other steps

AFAIK, you need to use 'rpm -e <package_name>'. What's the problem with that?

If this is specific to Fedora, this maybe more suitable for the fedora-list.

RDB
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