RH 8.0 package uninstall

Sargek · 01-04-2003, 02:31 PM

OK, this may sound like a stupid question, but how do you remove third party packages from RH 8? When you run "system settings/packages" from the redhat menu, you get a list of packages installed during the RH installation, but if you install anything after that, it is not listed. Is there a gui tool for this, or do I have to run something from the command line to find packages? Thanks in advance!

Paul

bulliver · 01-04-2003, 02:33 PM

Is it an RPM?

if so just "rpm -e packagename"

Sargek · 01-04-2003, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by bulliver
Is it an RPM?

if so just "rpm -e packagename"

Yes, RPM's, but the bad part is finding the name. I guess I need to run rpm -qa, but I don't know if that takes care of dependencies. I am assuming Redhat has no gui tool for this like Mandrake has, right? It has been a long time since I've run Redhat so I can't remember if they ever had a tool...

bulliver · 01-04-2003, 03:12 PM

I see. I seem to recall there was a command to update (or recreate) the rpm database, but I cannot think of it off hand. It seems to me that even third-party rpm's should be added to the db.

As far as a gui, there is "install packages" from the gui menu (i don't know the cli name) but I have found it to be quite useless.

So if I understand you, you installed an rpm after your main installation, but you want to remove it now, but don't remember the name? If this is so, perhaps describe what the package did/was for, and some one might be able to suggest some possible packages that might be the one you are trying to recall...

Sargek · 01-04-2003, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bulliver
I see. I seem to recall there was a command to update (or recreate) the rpm database, but I cannot think of it off hand. It seems to me that even third-party rpm's should be added to the db.

As far as a gui, there is "install packages" from the gui menu (i don't know the cli name) but I have found it to be quite useless.

So if I understand you, you installed an rpm after your main installation, but you want to remove it now, but don't remember the name? If this is so, perhaps describe what the package did/was for, and some one might be able to suggest some possible packages that might be the one you are trying to recall...

Thanks for the response, I appreciate it. I was successful in using rpm -e <packagename>, but it gives no indication as to success, nor do I know if it checks dependencies. Before I ran it I ran rpm -qa | more so I could get a manageable list and then searched for the package name (it was enlightenment-0.16.5-1). Mandrake had a wonderful gui tool that checked the rpm database and gave a list of everything installed. If you wanted to remove something, you just checked it and it ran dependency checks for you, telling you first what packages it needed to remove. That's what I was hoping the Redhat package tool did, but apparently not. No problem, I will just have to get in the habit of writing down which packages I am installing so I can keep track of them. Thanks again!

Paul

Sargek · 01-05-2003, 10:37 AM

I found this and it may be helpful for folks looking for a GUI tool to uninstall packages on RH8:

http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/pipermai...er/010984.html

Works for me!

Paul