Re: How to erase updates?

[Justin W <jlist jdjlab com>]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Ashley Pritchard wrote:
> > you use the command "rpm -e {the package you want to uninstall}" this 
> > will uninstall any pakage you want to uninstall. you can also use the 
> > add & remove utility as well to remove the programs that you do not 
> > want.
> > On 8/7/07, *Karl Larsen* <k5di zianet com <mailto:k5di zianet com>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >            I have a list from yum.log of the rpm files I want to 
> > remove so
> >     printing will work again. I tried yum remove but it wants to 
> > remove all
> >     of the thing not just the update.
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> > Diolch yn fawr, Ashley
>
>     I get this when I use your method. It doesn't work!
>
> Aug 06 13:54:19 Updated: udev.i386 113-8.fc7
> Aug 06 13:55:13 Updated: pidgin.i386 2.1.0-1.fc7
> Aug 06 13:55:14 Updated: strace.i386 4.5.16-1.fc7
> Aug 06 13:55:21 Updated: openssl-devel.i386 0.9.8b-14.fc7
> [root k5di log]# rpm -e udev.i386 113-8.fc7
> error: package 113-8.fc7 is not installed
> [root k5di log]# rpm -qi udev.i386 113-8.fc7
> Name        : udev                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 113                               Vendor: Fedora Project
> Release     : 8.fc7                         Build Date: Mon 30 Jul 
> 2007 10:37:09 AM MDT
> Install Date: Mon 06 Aug 2007 01:54:18 PM MDT      Build Host: 
> xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com
> Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: 
> udev-113-8.fc7.src.rpm
> Size        : 769219                           License: GPL
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Mon 06 Aug 2007 09:49:29 AM MDT, Key ID 
> b44269d04f2a6fd2
> Packager    : Fedora Project
> URL         : http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/
> Summary     : A userspace implementation of devfs
> Description :
> The udev package contains an implementation of devfs in
> userspace using sysfs and netlink.
> package 113-8.fc7 is not installed
> [root k5di log]#
The output format from the yum logs are different from the package name 
that you need to pass to RPM. The version string should be separated 
from the package name by a dash, and the i386 shouldn't be needed 
(unless you're running multilib).  Your command should be more like:

rpm -e udev-113-8.fc7

That should match the output you would find if you were to query RPM 
just by package name and not by package name + version string. On my 
machine:

[justin ra ~]$ rpm -q udev
udev-095-17.fc6


Justin W