On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:29:29 -0700
Seedkum Aladeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have multiple version of some packages installed. I want to uninstall the
> older version but the KDE "Software Manager" crashes when trying to do
> that.. I have, for example, the "e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" and the
> "e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm" on my system by the "Software Manager". When
> I select the 1.26 version in "Software Manager" and click uninstall, the
> "Software Manager" program just disappears from the screen and I do not have
> any error messages from it.
>
> When I use the "Package Manager" to do the uinstall instead, it does not
> crash but it gives me the following message :
> [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs;echo RESULT=$?
> error: "e2fsprogs" specifies multiple packages
> RESULT=1
>
> When I give the rpm command from the command line I get the following
> [root@grumpy seedkum]# rpm -e e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
> error: package e2fsprogs-1.26-1.1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed
>
> How do I go about cleaning the mess I have?
Sounds like your db is segued.
Run rpm -rebuilddb, that should clear up many of the multi version you are now showing
and the error messages.
Charles
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