Equivalent of apt-get purge for yum

[Johan Dindaine]

I've done this but when I reinstall the package, I still don't get
everynthing reinstalled properly.

2010/2/11 Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS) <Matthew.Stainforth at gnb.ca>:
> You could try "rpm -e packagename" or "yum remove packagename".  Both should result in erasure of the package.
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> I am looking for the equivalent of apt-get purge for yum to reinstall
> completely mysql-server package.
> What happend is I did install mysql-server then I added Remi
> repository to get a later version of mysql and since then, installing
> mysql is never complete.
> For exemple I don't have my.cnf configuration file anywhere in the file system.
> So I am looking for the equivalent of apt-get pure to completely
> remove everything from the previous installation and start all over
> again.
>
> Could someone advice me on how to do so?
> Many thanks to you.
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