William Hooper said:
>
> jeff lee said:
>> Neil B. Cohen wrote:
>>
>> >Color me dense, but I'm missing something - maybe someone can point me
>> >in the right direction. I decided to install Mozilla 1.6. The
>> >documentation says to remove earlier versions - I have 1.5 installed
>> >with a set of RPM files from FC1. But I can't remove those RPMS -
>> there
>> >are dependencies on open-office, gaim etc.
>>
>> try rpm -f -e instead of just rpm -e
>
> Not unless you understand the consequences of forcing an uninstall
> (don't!).
And even better (after taking a second look at your command) I don't think
the "-f" does anything. "--force" doesn't have a short version.
(Just picking a package at random)
[whooper@kenny whooper]$ rpm --test -f -e libtermcap
error: Failed dependencies:
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) coreutils-5.0-24
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) python-2.2.3-7
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) util-linux-2.11y-29
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) vim-minimal-6.2.121-1
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) mtr-0.52-3
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) tcsh-6.12-5
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) xterm-179-5
libtermcap.so.2 is needed by (installed) bash-2.05b-34
[whooper@kenny whooper]$
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William Hooper
