Re: erasing multiple packages

[Perry Hutchison <phutchis beaverton windriver com>]

> > This might do it:
> > rpm -e `rpm -qa | -i grep somepkg`
> >
> But its an awfully frightning thing to do...james

Well, there is always the "look before you leap" approach:

    $ rpm -qa | egrep -i '^somepkg' | tee /tmp/ToRemove$$ | less

then if the list looks OK:

    $ rpm -e ` cat /tmp/ToRemove$$ `
    $ rm /tmp/ToRemove$$