Here is the short man of RPM. 1. Install a RPM package rpm -ivf pidgin.rpm
2. Update a RPM with package file rpm -Uvf pidgin.rpm 3a. Query a RPM package (installed) rpm -qi pidgin 3b. List package contents rpm -ql pidgin 3c. Query a RPM package (file) rpm -qpi pidgin.rpm 4. Remove a RPM package (installed) rpm -evf pidgin.rpm 5. Figure out to which RPM package a file belongs to rpm -qf <Path+Filename>; e.g. rpm -qfi /lib/libc.so.6 For rest, it's the "man rpm" which I visit every now and then :-) Cheers, Imtiaz On 10/30/07, Emon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/29/2007 04:28 PM, Imtiaz Rahi wrote: > > > > > > For example, you are trying to uninstall pidgin. > > Both RPM and DEB package manager will remove that package and will > ask/halt > > you if any other package is dependent on pidgin. So, you will have to > either > > first remove packages dependent on pidgin and then pidgin or do them in > same > > uninstall command. > > > > Thank for the info Imtiaz vhai & especially thanks lot for the 10.3 DVD > > > But none of them will remove the packages which were installed for > pidgin's > > dependency (on which pidgin is dependent and may be more others). > > You will have to find them and remove them manually. > > > > Humm... so you are saying it's the same with Debian pkg managers > > All right, so how do I remove the pkgs manually, wasn't there a command > like > > rpm -qr > > doesn't seem to be working in my case, here is the situation > > *************************** > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -qr > -qr: missing argument > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -qr pidgin > rpm: arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a / > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -qr /pidgin > rpm: no arguments given for query > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> whereis pidgin > pidgin: /usr/bin/pidgin /usr/lib/pidgin /usr/bin/X11/pidgin > /usr/share/man/man1/pidgin.1.gz > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -qr /user/bin/pidgin > rpm: no arguments given for query > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> > *************************** > > So... what am I doing wrong > > thanks > Emon > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
