How to force the removal of the RPM package _linux shell

Remove software

To remove the software is very simple, just execute the following command:

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# rpm–e Xanim

At this point, the user should be careful to use the name of the software Xanim, rather than the package name xanim-27.64-3.i386.rpm.

If the software you want to remove is required by other software, the user will get an error message similar to the following:

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# rpm–e Xanim
Error:xanim is needed by mtv-1.0-1

This means that if the user deletes the Xanim, MTV will not be able to run because some of the software in Xanim is needed for MTV to run.
If the user is sure to delete, you can use the following command:

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# rpm–e Xanim--nodeps

Upgrade software

If the user has previously installed xanim-27063-1.i386.rpm and now has xanim-27064-1.i386.rpm, use the following
command to upgrade this package:

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# RPM–UHV xanim-27064-1.i386.rpm

In fact, the-u parameter tells the rpm to remove the original version first, and then install the new version. So regardless of whether or not the package was previously installed, the user
You can use the RPM–UHV command to install the software.

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RPM is not only a tool for installing/uninstalling programs, it is also a brilliant at publicity for system maintenance and diagnostics. Look at the following examples and you'll see it.

It's awesome.

· What if you accidentally delete some files, but you're not sure you deleted those files anyway? You can type:

Rpm-va

RPM will display the file deletion on the screen. If you find that some files are missing or corrupted, you can reinstall them or uninstall them first.

Install the package again.

· If you run into a file that you don't know, and you want to investigate which package it belongs to, you can enter the following command

Rpm-qf/usr/x11r6/bin/xjewel

The results of the output will be:

Xjewel-1.6-1

· If there is a combination of the above two examples, such as file/usr/bin/paste problems. You want to know which package contains the article

, you can simply type:

Rpm-vf/usr/bin/paste

· If you want to know more about the program you are using, you can type the following command to obtain documentation about the program in the package:

Rpm-qdf/usr/bin/ispell

The output results are:

/usr/man/man4/ispell.4

/usr/man/man4/english.4

/usr/man/man1/unsq.1
/usr/man/man1/tryaffix.1

/usr/man/man1/sq.1

/usr/man/man1/munchlist.1

/usr/man/man1/ispell.1

/usr/man/man1/findaffix.1

/usr/man/man1/buildhash.1

/usr/info/ispell.info.gz

/usr/doc/ispell-3.1.18-1/readme

· You found a new koules RPM, but you don't know what it does, you can type the following command:

RPM-QIP koules-1.2-2.i386.rpm

· Now you want to know what files are installed in the system by the Koules RPM package, and you can type:

RPM-QLP koules-1.2-2.i386.rpm output results are:

/usr/man/man6/koules.6

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/start.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/end.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/destroy2.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/destroy1.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/creator2.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/creator1.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib/colize.raw

/usr/lib/games/kouleslib

/usr/games/koules