Equivalent of apt-get purge for yum

[Johan Dindaine]

2010/2/11 Johan Dindaine <jojolapin972 at gmail.com>:
> I've done this but when I reinstall the package, I still don't get
> everynthing reinstalled properly
Is there any file that list all already installed packages from where
I can just remove mysql-server?
It does not sound nice but this might be actually the only one way of
having a fresh install.
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> 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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