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ReInstallation prob for software package

HI,

i insatlled yahoo messenger for RHEL 4 ( file rh6.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm), & deleted
its entry from /opt/ymessenger folder & /usr/bin/ymessenger link, then i reinstall it, but its giving error.

# rpm -q rh6.ymessenger
package rh6.ymessenger is not installed

# rpm -ivh rh6.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package ymessenger-1.0.4-1 is already installed

Now how i can reinstall the same package, pls give hint to solve above prob.

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The package name is given:

Quote:

package ymessenger-1.0.4-1 is already installed

to reinstall it do

Code:

rpm -e ymessenger-1.0.4-1

then

Code:

rpm -ivh rh6.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm