Removing packages

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Sun Mar 26 19:41:57 UTC 2006


Ali Helmy wrote:
> yeah well, how exactly do i "use" yum?
> 
> yum --... what exactly?
> 
> On 26/03/06, *Robert P. J. Day* < rpjday at mindspring.com 
> <mailto:rpjday at mindspring.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Ali Helmy wrote:
> 
>      > Hey mates,
>      >
>      > I need to un-install from my computer:
>      > Epiphany Browser
>      > Ethereal Network Analyzer
>      > Chainsaw (log4j viewer)
>      > LogFactor5 (log4j management GUI)
>      > Evolution Suite (for mails, schedules, contacts,... etc)
>      >
>      > So how exactly do I list find and list all their rpms so that I
>     can remove
>      > them using rpm?
> 
>     use yum.
> 
>     rday
> 
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yum remove package-name1 package-name2

There will probably be dependencies that Yum will list. You'll need to 
remove those, too, once you know what they are. Of course, you may wind 
up breaking something else. Proceed cautiously.

-- 

   Steve




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