Re: rpm -e does not remove the package...?

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Jun 7, 2006, at 4:12 AM, Evert wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> When I type:
>    rpm -e gcc-gnat
> I get the following output:
>    /usr/share/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory)  
> and could not create (No such file or directory)
>    /usr/share/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory)  
> and could not create (No such file or directory)
>    error: %preun(gcc-gnat-3.3.2-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
>
> And the package does NOT get (completely) removed...
>
> How do I remove this package anyway?

You have a package with a busted scriptlet.

Try
    rpm -e --nopreun gcc-gnat
to skip executing the scriptlet.

73 de Jeff