Uninstalling

[Jing Su]

you can uninstall a package via the -e flag...

For example, to remove ntp-4.1.1a-9,
rpm -e ntp

Note that you only need the package name, not the version.

You can get a list of all packages installed in your system via:
rpm -qa

You can pipe it to 'less' to scroll around.

You can see the description of a package via:
rpm -qi ntp

and a list of its files:
rpm -ql ntp

and you can find out what package owns what particular files:
rpm -q --whatprovides /bin/sh

Hope that helps!
-Jing

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Sidney Shapiro wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:41:34 -0500
> From: Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Uninstalling
>
> On a RH9 box, how can I uninstall an RPM? I installed spamassassin, but
> a later version of the one I needed. How can I find what the exact name
> of the one installed is and how do I get rid of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sid
>
>
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