Ok I installed an RPM (rather updated it) and now I want to uninstall it.....

shouldn't this do it --> rpm -e whatever.rpm

Well it doesn't it retardedly tells me that the package that I JUST INSTALLED.....is not installed......what do I do?

There is a difference between the package name and the name of the rpm file.

Try rpm -e then the name of the package without .rpm on the end, that mostly works.

I think you should first of all make sure it's been installed. For this you should get something from this:
where whatever comes from 'whatever.rpm'. If that doesn't work try just
and check if whatever appears in the list.

If the whatever appears in the list whether by using the first or the second way, then try:
Afterwards, you might re-check that the whatever doesn't appear in the list by using any of the previous ways.


Since I'm not very like the most appropriate person to help about this, I encourage anyone who knows more than me about this to write his/her solution.

Good luck!!

oh awesome thanks.....I used apt-get to uninstall it actually since it was a program that was on there - but i'll keep the advice in mind