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Old 09-24-2003, 12:50 AM   #1
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List and remove rpms

How do i get a list of rpms installed on my server so I can start uninstalling them. i have heaps of packages I dont need or want on there...

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Old 09-24-2003, 12:52 AM   #2
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rpm -qa > rpmlisting.txt

then, rpm -e package-name

If one of them wonks about dependencies, make sure you don't need any of them, then just put them all on the same line, like:

rpm -e package1 package2 package3
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Old 09-24-2003, 12:56 AM   #3
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thanks man
 
Old 09-24-2003, 01:01 AM   #4
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