At 19:39 30/09/98 -0500, James Maddison wrote:
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>It's not clear to me from what you've written what syntax you're using to
>uninstall the gtk package: are you using rpm -e gtk-0.99.970925-2, or are
>you just using rpm -e gtk, which would be the proper syntax to uninstall a
>package? Why just gtk for the package name? Because it resolves any issues
>about package names and changes that occurred if you upgraded the package.
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sorry about that. i was using the fullpackage name, i just couldn't be
bothered writing it all out. ;-)
>You can update the database by, and I can't remember the rpm command switch
>to do that but man rpm will contain the answer to that one.
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thanks. i didn't try the rpm update option because i thought that
occurred when you installed, upgraded or uninstalled a package. i will
give it a go, anyway. ;-)
cheers,
adrian b.
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