This is a really dumb idea but I would try rpm -e openofficeorg-core01-1.9.122-1.i586 openofficeorg-core01 Thanks, Bill On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 02:28 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > 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? > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos