From: Chris Higgins (chris.higgins at domain horizon.ie)
Date: Mon 15 Oct 2001 - 15:10:22 IST
> On Redhat systems use rpm (Redhat Package Manager)
> Here's some basic commands, if you need anything more
> detailed see the man page or a suitable HOWTO document.
>
> listing installed:
> rpm -qa
>
> installing a package:
> rpm -Uvh package.rpm
>
> removing a package:
> rpm -e package_name
If you know that '/usr/share/doc/widget/readme.txt' is redundant, but
don't know what package it belongs to - then
rpm -q -f /usr/share/doc/widget/readme.txt
will tell you
widget-cracker-0.17
and then you can delete that package by going
rpm -e widget-cracker-0.17
Chris
>
> that should get you started....
>
> G.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe O'Reilly [mailto:joreilly at domain wrdp.com]
> Sent: 15 October 2001 14:08
> To: ilug at domain linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] packages?
>
>
> Doing a 'nixer' for friend, he has Red Hat 7 system with all manner
> of shite installed on it, its not urgent at all, but since I have a
> free second I tought I would ask here..
>
> Question is if there is a standard way of removing
> 'packages' - ala Solaris and pkgrm..
>
> I'm not aware of such a package, I would think it is simply finding
> offending package file by file
>
> please let me be wrong..
>
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> Joe mailto:joreilly at domain wrdp.com
>
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