Re: problem using rpm -e

From: A. S. Budden (redhat.mail_at_southparade.vispa.com)
Date: 09/02/03

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    Thus spake Earl Eiland:
    > I installed a program using rpm. It's not running properly, so now want
    > to remove it. When I execute rpm -e filename, I get the error message
    > 'filename not installed'. How do I uninstall?

    Lose the version number -- e.g.

    $ rpm -qa | grep emacs
    emacs-21.2-33
    $ rpm -e emacs

    Hope that helps

    Al 

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