Re: Uninstalling old packages (was Re: Newbie help for upgrading)

[Adam Getchell <acgetchell ucdavis edu>]

>*** Stop. I'm afraid you're making a thinking mistake. The rpm package
>will install the necessary files and libs where they belong (it will
>"unpack" them) so the files will be "all" over the system but your rpm
>package will still be in the directory from where you started the
>instalation.

Okay.

>When you upgrade...well what happens you think!? The files of your old
>instalation are replaced by the newer files in order to have the
>functionality of your new program. If you upgrade your CPU do you keep
>both of them or do you replace the old with the new one? Same thing with

I'd believe that except that I can still run Netscape Communicator 4.05 as
well as Netscape Navigator 4.06. So that would imply the systems files are
still there, right? Now, if I had the package that linux used to install
Communicator wouldn't rmp -e remove them from all over my system?

I don't want to run both programs, only the newer one. So I was wondering
how to get rid of these legacy files. Or am I off track?

>Cheers,
>Zoki.

By the way, cool sig.

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--Adam

acgetchell ucdavis edu
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