Re: DNF remove only?

2019-05-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Wed, 22 May 2019 14:01:28 -0400
Garry Williams  wrote:

> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:53 PM Geoffrey Leach 
> wrote:
> >
> > A package has been broken and needs to be re-installed. DNF sees the
> > package as installed and won't take any action. DNF remove removes
> > dependencies, so that's a solution, but requires considerable work
> > and is frught with problems.  
> 
> dnf reinstall ?

That would be it. Thanks.
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Re: DNF remove only?

2019-05-22 Thread DJ Delorie
Geoffrey Leach  writes:
> A package has been broken and needs to be re-installed. DNF sees the
> package as installed and won't take any action. DNF remove removes
> dependencies, so that's a solution, but requires considerable work and
> is frught with problems.

Use "dnf download" to get the RPM in question, and use RPM to reinstall
it.  Then you have more options.
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Re: DNF remove only?

2019-05-22 Thread Garry Williams
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:53 PM Geoffrey Leach  wrote:
>
> A package has been broken and needs to be re-installed. DNF sees the
> package as installed and won't take any action. DNF remove removes
> dependencies, so that's a solution, but requires considerable work and
> is frught with problems.

dnf reinstall ?

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Garry Williams
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