remove all rpms stored in a file

harsh9772 · 06-26-2011, 04:05 AM

i have stored a list of packages in a file packages.txt

i need to uninstall all these rpm packages. As there are around 600 packages, its not possible to remove manually using 'rpm -ev <pkg>' everytime.

can someone suggest me any other way, some script or anything??

repo · 06-26-2011, 04:19 AM

Welcome to LQ

You can use something like

Code:

for i in $(cat package.txt); do rpm -ev $i; done

Kind regards

harsh9772 · 06-26-2011, 04:40 AM

so this has to be saved as 'rem.sh'
and then i shud b executing it as ./rem.sh or is the command to be written directly at the command prompt.

repo · 06-26-2011, 04:41 AM

You can write at the prompt or make a script.

Kind regards