First: what a more detailed listing gives you? Try (all on the same line):

rpm -qa --qf '%{name}_%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' | grep samba

I'd also recommend creating a file called .rpmmacros in your home directory, and also for your root user if you're so inclined. the contents of the file should be

%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}

This makes the effect listed in the rpm command above permenant, and is quite helpful especially with multi-arch systems.

Thanks Barray, it worked.

Rajeev

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Barry Brimer Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:49 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] removing multiple packages

Can someone in the list guide me how do I remove an RPM file which is installed 2 times.

Following are the error:

[root@Gateway Samba64-23c]# rpm -e samba-common

error: "samba-common" specifies multiple packages

I assume that you will be reinstalling samba-common, and as such you do not need to worry about the dependencies that you will be breaking for the few brief moments until you reinstall samba-common. Therefore, I am adding the "--nodeps" flag.

rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches samba-common

HTH, Barry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos