hi

my query is regarding rpm with the -e option.

usually i maintain a list of all the rpms that i have installed. so whenever i want to erase an rpm i refer to this list and then go to the shell and individually erase them. this takes a lot of time.

i want to know is it possible to put the list in the command itself that will act as an input to the rpm command.eg.

rpm -e < rpm_list.txt

i think the '<' and '>' operators are used for directing the i/o of a command.

i tried the above command but i got an error. did i do something wrong or its just that iam attempting something thats not possible.

anyone with solutions.

thanks.

If you want to make a list of all installed rpms, you could use this command: rpm -qa | sort > list.txt

A more detailed list comes from this command:

hi

i dont want redirect the ouput to a file. what i want is to do the other way. to specify the file that will act as an input to the command. this way iam hoping that i dont have to type each package inorder to remove it.

thanks.

If I run that command will it search all installed rpms automaticly or do I have to specifie something?

Hi arunvk,

all I can come up with is a workaround. Create a simple shell script uninstall.sh as follows:

#!/bin/sh
progs=`cat rpm_list.txt`
for prog in $progs
do
rpm -e $prog
done

then make it executable:
$ chmod +x uninstall.sh

and execute (as root probably)
# ./uninstall.sh

f

Another way of doing this may be

# PROG=`cat rpm_list.txt` && rpm -e $PROG

f

thanks a lot. u saved me a lot of typing overhead.