Uninstall an RPM problem
I am trying to uninstall an RPM that I know is installed on RH9. So I do the following to verify the name: # rpm -qa | grep ^mplayer mplayer-skins-1. 3-2. fr Then I try to uninstall it with the folowing and it tells me that the package is not installed but it seems to me that it actually is.
I am trying to uninstall an RPM that I know is installed on RH9. So I do the following to verify the name:
[root@localhost Skin]# rpm -qa | grep ^mplayer
mplayer-skins-1.3-2.fr
Then I try to uninstall it with the folowing and it tells me that the package is not installed but it seems to me that it actually is.
[root@localhost Skin]# rpm -e --allmatches mplayer-skins*
error: package mplayer-skins* is not installed
Could someone help me out with this.
[root@localhost Skin]# rpm -qa | grep ^mplayer
mplayer-skins-1.3-2.fr
Then I try to uninstall it with the folowing and it tells me that the package is not installed but it seems to me that it actually is.
[root@localhost Skin]# rpm -e --allmatches mplayer-skins*
error: package mplayer-skins* is not installed
Could someone help me out with this.
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Try dropping the * at the end of the name (ie rpm -e mplayer-skins), RPM *should* be able to match it without any help.
