RE: rpm file not keeping accurate records of installed rpms

[Uncle Meat]

On 09-May-00 Glen Lee Edwards opined:
> I recently re-installed 6.1, and now the system isn't keeping accurate
> track of installed rpms.  Yesterday I installed mod_ssl.  I just tried to
> uninstall it and received the following message:
> 
> $ rpm -e mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1.i586.rpm
> error: package mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1.i586.rpm is not installed
> 
> But if I try to install it:
> 
> $ rpm -i mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1.i586.rpm
> package mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1 is already installed
> 
> 1) I need to remove the package (it is installed).  What do I do?
> 2) How do I fix the rpm database so it knows what's installed and what
> isn't? I've tried rpm --rebuilddb but that didn't work.

Try just 'rpm -e mod_ssl'

Using the entire name can cause problems.

Also, the '_' character is a curious one and one that doesn't normally
conform to naming conventions that I'm familiar with. Could be right, just
not something a person usually runs across.

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