On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Adrian Bolzan wrote:
> Hello, all!
>
> I have two problems at the moment. hopefully, someone can help me. ;-)
>
> 1. i am having a problem with my RPM database. specifically, i have tried
> to uninstall some packages (e.g. gtk-0.99.970925-2) because i am having
> problems getting control-panel to work. this will be detailed in problem
> 2. anyway, when i try "rpm -e" it says that gtk is not installed but an
> "rpm -qa | grep gtk " says it is. so, i can't uninstall it. so i tried to
> install it using "rpm -i" but it says that the package is installed
> already...so i do an "rpm -i --force" and it goes on but the problems
> listed above remain. hmmm...
ISTR the package is called gtk+ not gtk, BICBW. Try rpm -e gtk+ and see
what happens.
>
> is there a program out there that repairs the rpm database? i have looked
> at the rpm repository at rufus.w3.org but no luck.
>
rpm --rebuilddb will attempt to rebuild it. I've never tried it though.
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