I can't remove installed yahoo messenger package in redhat 9
 

I just install yahoo messenger 1.04 in red hat 9.0. Then I uninstall it by go to installed dir and remove manually. Now I cann't install that pack again, I get a message " this package had installed". I want to reinstall it, can I do it? and how?

did you install it via RPM?

try

rpm -q yahoo

you should get some output as to the yahoo package name, copy it and type

rpm -e <paste output>

should sort you out, if you didnt use rpm... im stumped

I use rpm to install and us rpm -e [package name] to remove after delete dir manually, but it always show that message when I reinstall.

then try re-installing with



rpm -i --force <package name>