RPM help

5amYan · 07-18-2002, 02:20 PM

Installed MySQL rpms
Now when I try to
rpm -e MySQL....
error: package MySQL... is not installed

but

rpm -qa sees them

and

rpm -i or -U says
package MySQL is already installed

I know it's someyhing simple but can't find any reative stuff on google
TIA

GonzoJohn · 07-18-2002, 02:37 PM

Most likely it's the case of the package name. Are you sure MySQL is capitalized the way you're typing it? Try using all lower case.

5amYan · 07-18-2002, 02:59 PM

I have them alone in a directory and used
rpm -evv *.rpm
also tried Typing it out = same error
all lowercase says
error no such file or directory.

GonzoJohn · 07-18-2002, 03:21 PM

What was the name of the mysql RPM file that you installed? use the name of the file, minus ".rpm" as the package name.

5amYan · 07-18-2002, 03:25 PM

Ahhh without .rpm still produced error
but then inspired GonzoJohn I left off the .i386 as well and it removed it
problem solved
THANKS Gonzo{rpmguru}John

GonzoJohn · 07-18-2002, 03:46 PM

woops, I always forget that bit. Oh well, you figured it out anyway.

Cheers,

linuxcool · 07-18-2002, 04:54 PM

When you want to remove an rpm package, run the command rpm -qa | less and find the name of the package you want to remove. That's the name the rpm data base knows the package as. Then use that name in the
rpm -e <package_name> to remove it.

5amYan · 07-18-2002, 11:58 PM

Yes. I just started using rpm. Had been compiling my own but that gets to be a pain in the ar$e removing ang updating...Learned rpm from conversations about pkg_ commands in *BSD

as fr as rpms go I found .rpm -qa |sort -i | more (or less) very easy to find my packages than the unsorted jumle you normally get.

Furthermore I found the debug mode excellent when I needed more info on why they were failing. for example rpm -evv name_of_package or rpm -ivvh name_of.rpm