[6545] in RedHat Linux List
Re: cannot erase rpms!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bomber)
Thu Nov 28 00:22:41 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 21:19:25 -0800 (PST)
From: bomber@globalpac.com (bomber)
To: redhat-list <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <329D0BB1@spc.org.nc>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> I need to remove a lot of superfluous rpm from my 1.2.13 installation.
> However when try:
>
> rpm -e fortune-mod
>
> I get ....
>
> failed to open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
>
> cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
> seems like rpm is using an extra / in front of the path. Can anyone tell
> me how to get around this?
do you do this as 'root'? if not...then try the same commands asa the
superuser...
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
________________________________________________________________________
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Errata
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-Tips http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe redhat-list-request@redhat.com < /dev/null
