[CentOS] Can't yum erase/install an app
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Wed Jan 7 13:42:59 UTC 2009
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:39:49 -0500:
>
>
>> I then do a 'yum install hipl-firewall' and get that it is installed and
>> there is nothing to do....
>>
>
> then a rpm -q would show that, does it? If so: rpm -e. If it's only left in
> the rpm database you can remove it from the database only (don't know the
> parameter off my head).
Thanks Kai,
I first needed something with that rpm -q, and rpm -qa|grep hipl did the
trick.
Then I needed some options with the rpm -e and --noscript --nopostun
were both needed to get past the errors. After that the yum install ran.
Back in business.
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