On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 02:28:08AM +0900, Dave Gutteridge enlightened us: > Okay, I tried installing OpenOffice beta, and I think I messed it up, so > I wanted to uninstall it. > > I thought wilcards worked, so I tried: > [root at localhost program]# rpm -e openoffice* > error: package openoffice* is not installed > > Okay, so I couldn't figure out how to remove a bunch of RPM packages at > once, so I did this: > [root at localhost program]# rpm -qa | grep openoffice > > And proceeded the labourous task of removing all of the RPMs listed one > by one. > > But then I got down to some files that would say: > rpm -e openofficeorg-core01-1.9.122-1.i586 > error: Failed dependencies: > openofficeorg-core01 is needed by (installed) > openofficeorg-core08-1.9.122-1.i586 > > So then I'd remove the dependancy, and guess what?: > rpm -e openofficeorg-core08-1.9.122-1.i586 > error: Failed dependencies: > openofficeorg-core01 is needed by (installed) > openofficeorg-core01-1.9.122-1.i586 > > The two packages are dependant on each other so I can't remove either. > *sigh* > So, how do I remove them? > # rpm -e openofficeorg-core01 openofficeorg-core08 :-) -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050804/3809f2bd/attachment-0005.sig>