Re: package manager for RHEL?

["Paul Johnson" <pauljohn32 gmail com>]

On 10/24/07, Olaf Zaplinski <o zaplinski broadnet de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> which package manager would you recommend for a RHEL5 system? rpm alone
> is unusable, it even cannot erase packages:
>
> # rpm -q audit-libs
> audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.x86_64
> audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386
>
> # rpm -e audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386
> error: package audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386 is not installed
>

You dont need version info in rpm -e.

This comes up now and then with rpm new users. The argument following
the -e should be the PACKAGE NAME.   On an i386 system I have

$ rpm -qa | grep audit
audit-libs-python-1.5.6-2.fc7
audit-libs-1.5.6-2.fc7

and to remove audit-libs (the package name), type

$ rpm -e audit-libs

Now, on the X86_64 system, one will usually find both the i386 and
x86_64 libs installed. This is not a flaw or mistake, it is a multilib
feature developed.  This way, programs that have 64 bit
implementations can be used, but 32 bit programs that need the
audit-libs functionality can find it.  The dynamic linker for
libraries looks in /usr/lib64 first, then /usr/lib.
  Generally, this does not cause trouble on our 64 bit systems.

To remove audit-libs,

$ rpm -e audit-libs --all-matches




> Olaf
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