From: Fergal Daly (fergal at domain esatclear.ie)
Date: Mon 21 May 2001 - 15:50:46 IST
How did you manage that? Try
--allmatches
Remove all versions of the package which match
<package_name>. Normally an error is issued if
<package_name> matches multiple packages.
Fergal
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 02:45:39PM +0100, Hugh Mc Gauran wrote:
> i still get the same errors..looks like the same package was rpmed in a
> couple of times...
>
>
> kilmore % rpm -qa |grep mysql
> mysql-server-3.23.32-1.7
> mysql-3.23.32-1.7
> mysql-server-3.23.32-1.7
> mysql-server-3.23.32-1.7
> kilmore % rpm -e mysql-server-3.23.32-1.7
> error: "mysql-server-3.23.32-1.7" specifies multiple packages
> kilmore %
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Fergal Daly stated:
> > You'll need to stick a version string on the end. Do
> >
> > rpm -qa |grep mysql
> >
> > and rpm -e using the full strings you get out of that,
> >
> > Fergal
> >
> > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 02:35:26PM +0100, Hugh Mc Gauran wrote:
> > > I am trying to remove an rpm and it is telling me that
> > > error: "mysql-server" specifies multiple packages
> > >
> > > i dunno what the hell it is..it looks like the rpm for mysql server was
> > > installed 3 times and now i cant uninstall it..
> > >
> > > any ideas?
> > >
> > > --
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> Regards
> Hugh
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