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Re: Delete entries from RPM database?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Asseily)
Mon Nov 2 14:25:51 1998
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 11:25:10 -0800
From: Karl Asseily <karl@binarycompass.com>
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--force doesn't work with the -e option. It only works with installing
and upgrade. How did you then manage to use this command?
Karl
"Heltzel, Dennis" wrote:
>
> When I get this, I use rpm -e --force to get rid of the entry.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karl Asseily [SMTP:karl@binarycompass.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 2:07 PM
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Delete entries from RPM database?
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have some packages stuck in the RPM database, even though they aren't
> > physically installed. I tried rpm --rebuilddb, rpm --justdb, but nothing
> > works. They are still stuck there. How can I manually remove them? (It
> > sounds like the Add/Remove programs feature of Micros**t)
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
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