Thanks for the quick response, I have executed the # dpkg --list | grep hadoop command, i am not getting anything.
Please let me know how can i uninstall hadoop-0.20.204.0.tar.gz existing version? On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Sagar Shukla <sagar_shu...@persistent.co.in>wrote: > Hi Prabhu, > Looking at the traces given, it appears that you installed > hadoop by downloading the tar.gz file. Such a package cannot be uninstalled > / removed using apt-get command. Only if you have installed package using > "apt-get install <package>" then you can remove using same command. > > You can check if following command shows hadoop package installed: > # dpkg --list | grep hadoop > > If you see some package in the output of this command then you should be > able to remove it using apt-get command. > > Thanks, > Sagar > > -----Original Message----- > From: prabhu K [mailto:prabhu.had...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 1:46 PM > To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Hadoop removal > > Hi User list, > > While I am trying to remove the hadoop version, i am getting following > error. > > root@md-trngpoc1:/usr/local/hadoop_dir# sudo apt-get remove hadoop* > Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state > information... Done > E: Unable to locate package hadoop > E: Unable to locate package hadoop-0.20.204.0.tar.gz > E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'hadoop-0.20.204.0.tar.gz' > root@md-trngpoc1:/usr/local/hadoop_dir# ls -lrt total 92080 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94283331 2012-07-05 17:24 > hadoop-0.20.204.0.tar.gz > drwxr-xr-x 18 hduser hadoop 4096 2012-07-05 20:31 hadoop > > Please help me on this issue? > > Thanks, > Prabhu. > > DISCLAIMER > ========== > This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is > the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of > the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, > distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. > Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected > mails. >