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Old 11-10-2011, 06:14 PM   #1
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remove rpm files using yum


In fedora I was installing eclipse using
yum install eclipse.

I had to stop the download halfway through as I had to leave.

Now I want to remove these by doing:
yum remove eclipse
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: eclipse
No Packages marked for removal

How do I remove these files using yum?

Or do I have to manually searh for them and delete them one by one??

Anyway, when I search for what packages were downloaded I get:
find / -name *eclipse*
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-ecj-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-platform-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-rcp-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-jdt-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-pde-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
 
Old 11-10-2011, 06:45 PM   #2
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I had to stop the download halfway through as I had to leave.
Grepping syslog should show which packages were installed?


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Anyway, when I search for what packages were downloaded I get: (..)
/var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse-pde-3.4.1-5.fc10.i386.rpm
What does 'rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}\n"| grep -i eclipse' return?
 
Old 11-10-2011, 07:05 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply.

The command rpm -qa --qf="%{NAME}\n"| grep -i eclipse
does not return anything.
 
Old 11-10-2011, 07:21 PM   #4
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Then it isn't installed.
 
Old 11-10-2011, 10:07 PM   #5
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if you want to delete the remaining files you have to do it manually. use wild cards to save typing. something like

rm /var/cache/yum/fedora/packages/eclipse*

then update you data base and search for more. the locate and updatedb commands will be useful to you/
 
  


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