Re: [CentOS] RPM help

2016-08-08 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 07:57:56AM -0400, TE Dukes wrote:
> How can I do an uninstall/re-install without hosing more stuff up?
> I have found some examples, --nodeps, --replacepkgs and -replacefiles

Don't use 'rpm'.  Do a 'yum reinstall packagename1 packagename2' to
have yum download and reinstall the packages.  Doing it with rpm is
possible but you need to be VERY careful and yum does all of it for
you. 

> Also, what is the rpm command that will tell me all packages named clam*.
> Haven't used it in a while and have forgotten. I tried rpm -q "clam*" but
> that didn't work.

rpm -qa clam\*

or

rpm -qa 'clam*'

(you want to avoid shell expansions)

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Re: [CentOS] RPM help

2016-08-08 Thread Eero Volotinen
please check out logs and error messages.

Eero

2016-08-08 14:57 GMT+03:00 TE Dukes :

> Hello,
>
>
>
> My installation of clamav is hosed up. It won't start due to a malformed
> database.
>
>
>
> I ran freshclam and updated the database but still have the problem.
>
>
>
> I was going to uninstall clamav but there are other app dependencies.
> Virtualmin is one.
>
>
>
> How can I do an uninstall/re-install without hosing more stuff up?
>
>
>
> I have found some examples, --nodeps, --replacepkgs and -replacefiles
>
>
>
> Also, what is the rpm command that will tell me all packages named clam*.
> Haven't used it in a while and have forgotten. I tried rpm -q "clam*" but
> that didn't work.
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
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