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04-09-2004, 02:16 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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How do you uninstall a rpm?
Using Fedora Core 1
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04-09-2004, 02:19 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 24
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RTFM
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04-09-2004, 02:22 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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so in terminal
rtfm filename.rpm?
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04-09-2004, 02:25 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Danville, VA
Distribution: Slackware, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X
Posts: 5,296
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rpm -e filename.rpm for further reading
man rpm
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04-09-2004, 02:27 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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[root@localhost jeff]# rpm -e wine-20040309-1fc1winehq.i386.rpm
error: package wine-20040309-1fc1winehq.i386.rpm is not installed
it is for sure installed. any ideas?
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04-09-2004, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Perry, Iowa
Distribution: Mepis , Debian
Posts: 2,692
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don't put the file extension on. the blah.i386.rpm part, it's installed,its not an rpm anylonger. rpm -e wine
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04-09-2004, 02:35 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Perry, Iowa
Distribution: Mepis , Debian
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kosta22, if all you have to say is rtfm, don't post at all.
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04-09-2004, 02:35 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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tyvm!
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04-09-2004, 02:37 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Danville, VA
Distribution: Slackware, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X
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my apologies indeed for the syntax error, i don't use rpms frequently. sorry.
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04-09-2004, 02:42 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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[root@localhost jeff]# rpm -e wine
error reading information on service wine: No such file or directory
error: %preun(wine-20040309-1fc1winehq) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
any ideas?
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04-09-2004, 02:51 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Perry, Iowa
Distribution: Mepis , Debian
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ok, try the whole name (all but the .i386.rpm bit.)
rpm -e wine-20040309-1fc1winehq
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04-09-2004, 02:52 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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same error.
you guys are right it is
rpm -e wine
its just being ghey.
Last edited by fzx1; 04-09-2004 at 02:55 PM.
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04-09-2004, 03:05 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 31
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ok im going to reinstall it because it looks like it removed alot of the files but left the directories.
i do
[root@localhost jeff]# rpm -i wine-20040309-1fc1winehq.i386.rpm --replacepkgs
should i get a response right away? right now it just goes to the next line with a blinking cursor.
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