Can UP2DATE be uninstalled? How exactly???
 

Is it possible to uninstall Up2Date from Redhat 8 and 9? I do not want to damage the RH box.

sure, its just an rpm unless you upgraded from source (bad idea for RH central things like up2date)

afaik, you can just use the rpm -e command

Thanks martinman. Also, I found this article after posting the question. I hate it when I do that:

http://www.informit.com/isapi/postid...on/addPost.asp

yeah, i hate that too

any specific reasons for uninstalling up2date? deciding to go with apt-get (like I) as a replacement?

I was going to give apt a try after reading about it in Linux Magazine this month. So far I have not had much success installing apt. I installed the wrong rpm but then did:

su root
rpm -e apt4rpm-0.65.2-0

and the machine just hangs up. It ran all night without finishing or returning from the command. I am not sure why that rom will not uninstall. I have the correct rpm ready to install if I can get the current one out.

Is there a way to manually remove an RPM?

... not unless you know exactly where all the files were put and what was manipulated where and blah blah blah.

this happens a LOT with the current version of RPM, its quite a pain in the arse, eh?

the most common fix is to just clear the RPM cache/buffer thingie of certain files. save this command somewhere important:

rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__*