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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:42:02PM -0500, Brian French wrote:
> hey i have a problem:
> i have a rpms that i have installed that i want to uninstall, i do it
> like so:
> rpm -e [rpm package]
> and it gives the error: package not installed, so i install it like
> so:
Its a little confusing but you install rpms like
rpm -ivh packagename-0.1.1.rpm 
uninstalls must be done without the version info like
rpm -e packagename   ie: rpm -e sendmail or 
rpm -e sendmail-devel. 

give that a go and it should work np. 

Phil, 


> rpm -i [rpm package]
> and it gives the error: package already installed, so i force it to
> install like so:
> rpm -i --force [rpm package]
> this installs it and then i try to uninstall it again and it still
> gives me the same error: package not installed.
>  
> How can i get it to recognize that the package is indeed installed it,
> and/or get it to unstall it?
>  
> Thanx in advance,
> Brian French
> 
> -French
> 
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