Re: [newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rodolfo Medina wrote: Thanks JR, thanks Mikkel: one more question: will 'rpm -e' work also if I installed the package with urpmi? Cheers, Rodolfo Yes, it will work, as long as no other packages depend on the package you are uninstalling. urpmi and rpm use the same database for installed pac

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread JR
On Saturday 25 December 2004 02:10 pm, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Thanks JR, thanks Mikkel: > one more question: > will 'rpm -e' work also if I installed the package with urpmi? > > Cheers, > Rodolfo Good question. urpmi ultimately installs the rpms on your system using rpm itslef. So it should. JR

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Thanks JR, thanks Mikkel: one more question: will 'rpm -e' work also if I installed the package with urpmi? Cheers, Rodolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.ma

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread mikkel
> Hi, and happy holidays to all the listers. > > 1) Suppose I copied the file 'mypackage.tar.gz' into the ~/tmp directory >and within that directory I did: $ tar xzvf mypackage.tar.gz > $ cd mypackage' > $ ./co

Re: [newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread JR
On Saturday 25 December 2004 01:22 pm, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi, and happy holidays to all the listers. > > 1) Suppose I copied the file 'mypackage.tar.gz' into the ~/tmp directory >and within that directory I did: $ tar xzvf mypackage.tar.gz > $ cd mypac

[newbie] How to uninstall packages?

2004-12-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi, and happy holidays to all the listers. 1) Suppose I copied the file 'mypackage.tar.gz' into the ~/tmp directory and within that directory I did: $ tar xzvf mypackage.tar.gz $ cd mypackage' $ ./configure'