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04-15-2004, 11:30 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Redhat 9.0 && Slackware 9.1
Posts: 420
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how to remove packages
hi
how would i remove packages that came installed with mandrake?
thanks
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04-15-2004, 11:52 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 686
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Just go to the option in the menu to remove packages.
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04-16-2004, 12:13 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Redhat 9.0 && Slackware 9.1
Posts: 420
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how would i do this through the command line?
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04-16-2004, 01:22 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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urpme package_name
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04-17-2004, 01:02 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Redhat 9.0 && Slackware 9.1
Posts: 420
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hey thanks win32sux
now how can i find the directory where all the packages are?
i know in slackware i cd to /var/log/packages/ but in mandrake its not there
thanks
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04-17-2004, 02:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.1, SUSE 9.1 Pro, FreeBSD 5.4
Posts: 14
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Look in /var/cache/urpmi or mabye /usr/src/RPM not sure though, i think that urpm* may delete the rpms after install
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04-25-2004, 06:53 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Redhat 9.0 && Slackware 9.1
Posts: 420
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hrmm.... i went to all those dirs and all the sub dirs but i still cannot find where the php thing is installed
any suggestions?
thanks
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