[99879] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Crazy RPM problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Galpin)
Tue Nov 17 12:19:00 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:18:56 -0500
From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
To: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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Um. I think that should be
rpm -e kernel-source
no?
===== Original Message from "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)"
<redhat-list@redhat.com> at 11/17/98 11:23 am
>Dave writes:
>[...]
>> I try to un-install:
>>
>> [root@localhost RPMS]# rpm -e kernel-source-2.0.32-2.i386.rpm
>> package kernel-source-2.0.32-2 is not installed
>
>Wrong syntax. If you want to uninstall a package, you have to use the
>package name, *not* the file name. In this case it would be:
>
>[root@localhost RPMS]# rpm -e kernel-source-2.0.32-2
>
>The same is true, btw, for querying a package (unless you use the -p switch
>for an uninstalled package), and a couple of other options as well.
>
>HTH,
>
>Thomas
-- Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
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