[95181] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Uninstalling old packages (was Re: Newbie help for upgrading)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Getchell)
Thu Oct 15 19:04:14 1998
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810150914280.277-100000@winbuster.magic.fr>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:05:59 -0700
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From: Adam Getchell <acgetchell@ucdavis.edu>
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>*** Stop. I'm afraid you're making a thinking mistake. The rpm package
>will install the necessary files and libs where they belong (it will
>"unpack" them) so the files will be "all" over the system but your rpm
>package will still be in the directory from where you started the
>instalation.
Okay.
>When you upgrade...well what happens you think!? The files of your old
>instalation are replaced by the newer files in order to have the
>functionality of your new program. If you upgrade your CPU do you keep
>both of them or do you replace the old with the new one? Same thing with
I'd believe that except that I can still run Netscape Communicator 4.05 as
well as Netscape Navigator 4.06. So that would imply the systems files are
still there, right? Now, if I had the package that linux used to install
Communicator wouldn't rmp -e remove them from all over my system?
I don't want to run both programs, only the newer one. So I was wondering
how to get rid of these legacy files. Or am I off track?
>Cheers,
>Zoki.
By the way, cool sig.
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--Adam
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