Trouble with RPM install/uninstall

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:31:22 -0700 (PDT), Stephen W wrote:

> Using RedHat 9.0
> 
> Tried to install xine ... missing dependencies... 
> kept going... 
> finally learned of and began to use apt/synaptic.
> 
> Now told there are two versions of xinetd installed
> and I would have problems... 
> 
> tried to uninstall xine and then xinetd and here are
> the results...
> 
> [root at localhost winstephen]# rpm -evv --test xinetd |
> more
> D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> joinenv
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> rdonly mode=0x0
> D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name rdonly
> mode=0x0
> error: "xinetd" specifies multiple packages

Did you notice this? Don't increase verbosity if you did not.

> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> [root at localhost winstephen]# rpm -evv --test xine |
> more
> D: opening  db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> joinenv
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> rdonly mode=0x0
> D: locked   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: opening  db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name rdonly
> mode=0x0
> error: package xine is not installed

!!!

rpm --query --all 'xine*'

> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Name
> D: closed   db index       /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> D: closed   db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> 
> 
> Now what do I do 

Not easy, since you may need to clean up the xinetd installation and even
break dependencies while uninstalling the packages. First note, that
xinetd is not related to xine.

To uninstall both xinetd packages, run:

  rpm -e --allmatches xinetd

Most likely, this will fail due to dependencies which need xinetd, then
run:

  rpm -e --allmatches --nodeps xinetd

Then re-install xinetd with your favourite package tool (e.g. yum -y
install xinetd).