Uninstalling a Package
To uninstall a package, type a command like this one:
rpm -e
package
In this command, package
is the name of the
package, not the name of the package file. The name should omit the
architecture; it can also omit the package version or package version
and release number. For example, you can erase the pine package by issuing either of the
following commands:
rpm -e pine-4.33-8
rpm -e pine
If you attempt to uninstall a package on which another package
depends, RPM
will report a dependency error and
terminate without uninstalling the package. You can force
RPM
to uninstall the package by using the
- -nodeps option:
rpm -e --nodeps
package
However, doing so will probably cause the dependent package to cease working properly. Therefore, you shouldn’t use the - -nodeps option very often.
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