When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave them installed) but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things the packages are not installed?
Reason is I was wanting to do this so a next yum update does not get all confused... and the yum update happens just like I never installed openoffice 3.
is there a way to do that ?
Jerry
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 13:11, Jerry Geisgeisj@pagestation.com wrote:
When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave them installed) but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things the packages are not installed?
rpm -e --justdb package
Marcelo Roccasalva writes:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 13:11, Jerry Geisgeisj@pagestation.com wrote:
When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave them installed) but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things the packages are not installed?
rpm -e --justdb package
I'd rather
echo "exclude=openoffice.org-*" >>/etc/yum.conf
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Lars Hecking wrote:
Marcelo Roccasalva writes:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 13:11, Jerry Geisgeisj@pagestation.com wrote:
When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave them installed) but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things the packages are not installed?
rpm -e --justdb package
I'd rather
echo "exclude=openoffice.org-*" >>/etc/yum.conf
That does not make CentOS think they are not installed, it just keeps them from being updated :D
At Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:11:49 -0400 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave them installed) but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things the packages are not installed?
Reason is I was wanting to do this so a next yum update does not get all confused...
That should not be a problem. yum update will see that your installed version (3.<mumble>) is greater than the version in the repository (2.<mumble>) and will then skip updating openoffice.
and the yum update happens just like I never installed openoffice 3.
is there a way to do that ?
Jerry
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Reason is I was wanting to do this so a next yum update does not get all confused...
That should not be a problem. yum update will see that your installed version (3.<mumble>) is greater than the version in the repository (2.<mumble>) and will then skip updating openoffice.
That is not what happens - at least if the official rpms from openoffice.org are involved.
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Lars Hecking wrote:
Reason is I was wanting to do this so a next yum update does not get all confused...
That should not be a problem. yum update will see that your installed version (3.<mumble>) is greater than the version in the repository (2.<mumble>) and will then skip updating openoffice.
That is not what happens - at least if the official rpms from openoffice.org are involved.
They are not named the same thing and do not "provide" the same thing, so you will still get updates.
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