Equivalent of apt-get purge for yum

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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS)
<Matthew.Stainforth at gnb.ca> wrote:
> 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.

rpm -qf /etc/my.cnf

and reinstall that rpm.

John