Topic: Help plzz.. Is there anyone knows how to remove contribs?

[coolme]

I want to remove some contribs that i installed in my SME server v7 but I don't know how to do it.

I appreciate very much your help..

This server is really COOL.. thanks to all the developers! perhapz somday I can help too.. I really want to contribute in the development but I'm still learning at the moment..

[Janm]

do this i a terminal with putty


/sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop updatesystem RemoveRpm enabled

after that

rpm -e therpmyouinstalled  enter

Jan

[CharlieBrady]

do this i a terminal with putty


/sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop updatesystem RemoveRpm enabled

after that

rpm -e therpmyouinstalled  enter

Jan

The first command is unnecessary. Just:

rpm -e xxxx

will remove the rogue software.

It will not, however, stop any running instances of the program, or do any system reconfiguration. So after removing contrib RPMs, you should also do:

signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot

As long as the contrib is well-designed, that should put the system back very close to how it was before the contrib was installed. Of course, not all contribs are well-designed...

[coolme]

Thank YOU GUYS! this really help..

[cactus]

rpm -e therpmyouinstalled  enter

I thought that yum was preffered for installing and removing software on SME Server 7.

[william_syd]

rpm -e therpmyouinstalled  enter

I thought that yum was preffered for installing and removing software on SME Server 7.

I think most contribs come as rpms from the authors site that are installed with rpm -Uvh although you could use yum localinstall.

yum appears to be for updates and system software from an official 'repository' however there are some prolific rpm authors who have a yum repository.

Also, from what I have read the yum remove command can be 'dangerous'.