Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2112 mails)

[Dave Plater <davejplater@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Jimerson wrote:
> Does zypper really need to access the configured repositories just to remove 
> an application, zypper rm?  The reason I am asking is because my cable modem 
> at my house kind of died and without knowing that zypper wouldn't even be able 
> to remove a package without accessing the internet I bet you can guess the 
> kind of shock I was in when zypper spit out the first error because it wasn't 
> able to access a repo.  If zypper does not need to refresh the repos just to 
> remove a package can this be done in future versions to help save bandwidth of 
> both the users and the servers, also make zypper rm usable without an active 
> internet connection, I know that rpm -e works without internet connection, 
> then again rpm doesn't even work with the repos as far as I know.
>
> Thanks for the time
Hi, "zypper rm -r name of repository name" and use your instalation repository name. Try zypper rm --help for a better 
explanation.
Regards
Dave P
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