"rpm -e mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1" will not work. When rpm is used to delete a
package, it takes the name only, and not the version/release information. This
makes it easier to do an uninstall - you only need to know the NAME of the
package installed, not it's version/realse info, too. So, the correct answer to
this problem is
rpm -e mod_ssl.
The name of an installed package doesn't always correspond to the package name
either (althought it almost always does for RedHat rpms). To check the package
name of an rpm file (before you install it) do
rpm -qp <filename>
Another way to find the name of a package is to install it w/ the vh and
options of rpm. The package name will appear on the left before the hash marks.
Don't know what packages are installed on your system?
rpm -qa
will list all the installed packages by package name.
On Tue, 09 May 2000, Victor R. Cardona wrote:
> Do not put the rpm extension on the file. Try this:
>
> rpm -e mod_ssl-2.6.0_1.3.12-1
>
> That should work.
>
> Victor
>
> On Tue, 9 May 2000, Glen Lee Edwards wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Glen
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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