Topic: reinstalling rpm

[trenskow]

Hi there

i was trying to install yum o my box, and acidently hit ctrl-c

i wabt to install it again, but when i rpm -ivh * it returns
"package rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.18 is already installed
package smeserver-yum-1.0.0-03dmay is already installed
package yum-1.0.3-1_73 is already installed"
same with rpm -Uvh *

but when i try to rpm -e * i get
"error: package rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.18.i386.rpm is not installed
error: package smeserver-yum-1.0.0-03dmay.noarch.rpm is not installed
error: package yum-1.0.3-1_73.noarch.rpm is not installed"

what to do?

[crazybob]

I beleive if you use rpm -ivh --force *.rpm that should force the re-install.

[cc_skavenger]

you can use rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs *.rpm also.

HTH

[big_gie]

You made the same error as me yesterday: when issuing the "rpm -e" command, you need not to include the ".noarch.rpm" from the file!

So uninstalling should look like:

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rpm -e rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.18
rpm -e smeserver-yum-1.0.0-03dmay
rpm -e yum-1.0.3-1_73

You can also check the correct package name using:

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rpm -q python
rpm -q yum (I think) as "-q" is for "query"

Hoped it helped!