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Old 08-28-2008, 08:12 AM   #1
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how to remove rpm


I know rpm -e xxx.rpm can remove the xxx rpm , if I want to remove all rpm that its name begins xxx ( eg. xxxa.rpm , xxxb.rpm , xxxc.rpm .... ) can advise what can i do ? thx
 
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Use the following pipeline for testing (this does not actually uninstall the packages)
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rpm -qa | grep ^xxx | xargs rpm --test -e
if the result matches what you expected, then strip out the --test option and run again.
 
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Yeah, always test. You don't want to remove anything you may want or need. At least if a package depends on one you're removing, it won't uninstall though.
 
  


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