CentOS 6.3
I have broken install (some executable files accidently overwritten)

I tried:
<code>
yum erase wine
yum install wine
</code>
does not restore missing files

how to erase a package and re-install?

yum erase wine
leaves all the executable files in place

http://linux.die.net/man/8/yum ?
Alternatively, try 'yum clear all', then reinstall, or http://hacktux.com/yum/force/reinstall ?
Just be careful & take a good backup before you start.

You might even find that if you've managed to erase part of wine, the a 'yum update wine' will work.

thanks
goes through the motions
but no luck


"wine" is one of the executable needing replacement

Installed:
wine.x86_64 0:1.2.3-1.el6

Complete!
[root@paradise bin]# ls -l wine*
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Aug 5 19:59 wine
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1055376 Apr 11 2011 wine64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1582 Apr 11 2011 wineboot
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1582 Apr 11 2011 winecfg
. . .

Remove those files by hand; it should then notice the problem when you try to install/reinstall it.

http://hacktux.com/yum/force/reinstall

same lack of result

deleted /usr/bin/wine*

yum reinstall wine
. . .
Installed:
wine.x86_64 0:1.2.3-1.el6

Complete!

[root@paradise bin]# ls wine*
ls: cannot access wine*: No such file or directory
[root@paradise bin]#

[root@paradise bin]# pwd
/usr/bin

Odd; did you do a 'yum clean all' each time as well?
Basically you have to remove the SW AND remove the entries in the rpm DB (which underlies yum).
you can also try
drastic but effective & do another 'yum clean all' afterwards before re-installing or 'updating'.
You could also do this immediately after the 'rpm -e ...'
http://linux.die.net/man/8/rpm

SOLVED!
this did it!
thanks!

rpm -qa|grep -i wine

#then
rpm -e <wine rpms mentioned above>


some minor problems with order of removal

finally an endless loop:

[root@paradise ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i wine
wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.x86_64
wine-common-1.2.3-1.el6.noarch
[root@paradise ~]# rpm -e wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.x86_64
error: Failed dependencies:
wine-core = 1.2.3-1.el6 is needed by (installed) wine-common-1.2.3-1.el6.noarch
[root@paradise ~]# rpm -e wine-common-1.2.3-1.el6.noarch
error: Failed dependencies:
wine-common = 1.2.3-1.el6 is needed by (installed) wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.x86_64

each dependent on the other
none the less after "yum install wine"
wine seems to be working again
although now a short list of wine* in /usr/bin
???

Glad to help.
Maybe a short list is all you need there, or some of it is installed elsewhere.
You can use
to get more detailed info.
See also the home site www.winehq.org