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cant remove package via yum - centos - howto manually remove files and rebuild rpm db

Posted by o-dog, 03-10-2011, 05:26 PM

Hi I am trying to remove a package on my CentOS 5.5 box via yum remove 'package' but it fails. Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.3792: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `fi' /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.3792: line 4: `fi' Removed: xl2tpd.i386 0:1.2.7-1.el5 But if i list all the files, it is still there Is there any way I can manually remove files and rebuild rpm db to remove this package reference? I cant delete the files only, i need to remove every trace from the system so it can be reinstalled properly. Thanks, Chris

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Posted by o-dog, 03-10-2011, 05:29 PM

ok i think i did this, i just did: rmp -e --noscripts {package} and delted the files manually, it seems to have killed it off Was this the right way of doing it?

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Posted by LVPSHosting, 03-11-2011, 03:39 AM

Try: rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb and after that try to remove the package again.

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