removing WinE

Selos · 08-27-2003, 09:09 PM

hello again,

I've installed the latest version of WinE, but it's not really working. A friend told me that an older version would be more stable an better working. but now ich can't uninstall the currently installed WinE

Currently installed: wine-20030813-1rh9winehq.i386.rpm

installed with root-login: rpm -Uvh wine

now i can not uninstall this programm to replace it with an older one

i tried rpm -e wine and rpm -q wine but both don't work

the console just starts a new line without anything in it and that was it

can anyone help?

Demonbane · 08-27-2003, 09:24 PM

the actual name registered in the rpm database shouldn't be just "wine", it should also have the version/build etc after it.
do a "rpm -qa wine" to find out
then use rpm -e to uninstall

Selos · 08-27-2003, 09:28 PM

gmrpf.. doesn't work either *cry*

Quote:

Terminal
[root@localhost root]# rpm -qa wine

is just starts an new empty line and that's it.. nothing more happens

DrOzz · 08-27-2003, 09:34 PM

rm -rf /var/lib/__db*
rpm -vv --rebuilddb
rpm -e wine

Selos · 08-27-2003, 09:39 PM

is it rm -rf /var/lib/__db* or is it rpm -rf /var/lib/__db* ?

MasterC · 08-27-2003, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Demonbane
the actual name registered in the rpm database shouldn't be just "wine", it should also have the version/build etc after it.
do a "rpm -qa wine" to find out
then use rpm -e to uninstall

Wouldn't there be a grep there?

rpm -qa | grep wine

?

Cool

Selos · 08-27-2003, 09:50 PM

masterC that doesn't work either

just copied into temrinal

and DrOzzt's cmds don't work, too

((

the temrinal just starts a new line and then stops doingt anything.. with all these commands

MasterC · 08-27-2003, 10:36 PM

Are you sure it's not grepping or running **something** that is just taking a while? Sometimes what seems like a "blank line" is actually just a hesitation, give it a few to see if it finishes.

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Selos · 08-28-2003, 05:44 AM

hmm

Quote:

Terminal
[root@localhost root]# rpm -e wine
Fehler beim Lesen der Informationen über den Dienst wine: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Fehler: %preun(wine-20030813-1rh9winehq) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
[root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep wine
wine-20030813-1rh9winehq
[root@localhost root]# rpm -e wine-20030813-1rh9winehq
Fehler beim Lesen der Informationen über den Dienst wine: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Fehler: %preun(wine-20030813-1rh9winehq) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
[root@localhost root]#

"Fehler beim Lesen der Informationen über den Dienst wine: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden" means "Error while reading information about the service wine: file or directory not found"

MasterC · 08-28-2003, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrOzz
rm -rf /var/lib/__db*
rpm -vv --rebuilddb
rpm -e wine

Have you since then given this a try again?

Might simply be a db error..

Cool

Selos · 08-28-2003, 05:54 AM

yes i tried this twice and it didn't work both times

Selos · 08-28-2003, 12:49 PM

*still needs help*

MasterC · 08-28-2003, 03:00 PM

Try reinstalling the RPM, and then removing it, maybe something got lost from the original install?

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Selos · 08-28-2003, 03:26 PM

hm the packe install manager says "This package is already installed" and I'm ashamed but i don't know the console command.. i tried rpm -a wine-20030813-1rh9winehq.i386.rpm and rpm -f wine-20030813-1rh9winehq.i386.rpm but didn't work

and i also tried without this .rpm externsion

MasterC · 08-28-2003, 03:35 PM

You'll want the .rpm extension, you want full filenames when installing, but just package names when uninstalling.

The command line is:
rpm -Uvh filename.rpm

To force it:
rpm --force -Uvh filename.rpm

Cool