[wellylug] HylaFax RPM uninstall

Jethro Carr dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz
Wed Aug 18 20:01:01 NZST 2004


just put 'rpm -e hylafax' in, and it will remove any package that starts
with the name 'hylafax'.

easiest way. However, if you have something like 2 versions, it would
remove both of them. (as they both start with hylafax)



On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 19:50, Enkidu wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:42:00 +1200, you wrote:
> >
> >as Andrej said "rpm -e rpm" is correct syntax but it can be a bit picky
> >about how much of the rpm name you use eg
> >rpm -e hylafax.01 may work but hylafax.01-002.rpm may not. (I'm sure that
> >there is a logic to this that someone can explain to me?)
> >
> If it has .rpm on the end it's the "package file". If it doesn't have
> .prm on the end it is the package. The package usually includes the
> major/minor version, and the RH variety of the package. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff
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