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how should a user uninstall a program installed manually ?? (without Mandrake's update).
how could a user find where have ALL the parts of the app been written??
Maybe my question is elementary, but I am new on Linux
for e.g. I installed eDonkey2000. After playing with my firewall (a lot ), the eDonkey didn't connect to the Internet anymore. I tried to find its uninstaller (where in the hell??) I couldn't. I searched with "find" and deleted all its files (thought so). Then, I tried to install it again (edonkeyclc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm --the core-- & ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3-2.i386_compat.rpm --the gui--) but says that edonkey is all-ready installed!!!!
So I wonder: there is no registry here! all the files and folders started from ed* related with the names of the installed rpms are removed (more than 20!)... How says is is still installed??
If you installed a program from an .rpm file, use the "-e " flag to uninstall it:
rpm -e whatever
to install something, use the "-ivh" flag:
rpm -ivh whatever.rpm
I = install, v=verbose and h=hash(#). If you need to know more about .rpm's, type "man rpm" at the terminal. Learn well Linux command line instead of those fancy tools because 1 - It's less buggy and 2 - using command line is more generic, meaning everyone using Linux (not only Mandrake) would be able to help you out. Take also a look into this thread for a quick intro about installing programs in Linux:
When you uninstall a package you shouldn't type the name of the file, but only the name of the package.
In your case, to manually install a file named edonkeyclc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm you type 'rpm -i edonkeyclc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm'.
But to uninstall it you only have to type 'rpm -e edonkeyclc'
Example: to install the bc-1.06-13mdk.i586.rpm file I can run 'rpm -i bc-1.06-13mdk.i586.rpm'
To remove it I can run 'rpm -e bc' or 'rpm -e bc-1.06-13mdk'.
If you don't know what to type, either use the package tool in 'mcc' or first do a 'rpm -qa | grep bc' (in my case).
I tried to uninstall the rest using the Peder advice of not using all the name of the rpm file and worked!!
[root@localhost makis]# rpm -e edonkeyclc
[root@localhost makis]# rpm -e ed2k
error: package ed2k is not installed
[root@localhost makis]# rpm -e ed2k-gtk
error: package ed2k-gtk is not installed
[root@localhost makis]# rpm -e ed2k-gtk-gui
as u can see, as a name is considered everything before the edition and the extension (the name of the original file is ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3-2.i386_compat.rpm)
EVERything is ok now, my eDonkey runs ok, but I still have a (possible) firewall problem!
this app is consisted by the core and the gui. when running the gui I receive the following message:
connecting to locally running core (/home/makis/tmp/.mm-auth-cookie-4663)
GUI: Could not establish GUI-core connection. (Core running? Core listening on 'aport' 4663? Core firewalled?)
I disable the firewall with "ccm->security->firewall-> tick the first box (no firewall) " and running again the gui I receive the same message.
I run the core in the console and I receive:
[root@localhost bin]# ./edonkeyclc
[--- Storing settings in '/root/.eDonkey2000' ---]
Can't load default skin, reinstall clean
Error: Port In Use Already. There is no good previous port, please change in Options
Upload Queue not loaded
I close the gui, I run the core in the console and I receive the same message. I check the edonkey options and I have:
The problem seems to be that you either have an instance of edonkeyclc already running in some
defunct or zombie state or you killed -9 it (or it segfaulted or whatnot) so it didn't clean up the
cookie.
Try removing any /home/makis/tmp/.mm-auth-cookie and restart edonkeyclc.
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), the eDonkey didn't connect to the Internet anymore. I tried to find its uninstaller (where in the hell??) I couldn't. I searched with "find" and deleted all its files (thought so). Then, I tried to install it again (edonkeyclc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm --the core-- & ed2k-gtk-gui-0.6.3-2.i386_compat.rpm --the gui--) but says that edonkey is all-ready installed!!!! 
