On Thursday 22 December 2005 17:55, sargon wrote: <big snip>
Howe can I get a clean database, with only one version of MPlayer-athlon1, without completely rebuilding my laptop?
All suggestions are greatlyappreciated.
man rpm or rpm --help would tell you that the following is what you need: rpm -e --justdb MPlayer-athlon1-1.0pre7try2-28 scott@bounty:~>rpm --help Usage: rpm [OPTION...] [...] Install/Upgrade/Erase options: [...] --justdb update the database, but do not modify the filesystem [...] bounty:~ # rpm -qa | grep MPlayer-k6 MPlayer-k6-1.0pre7try2-29 MPlayer-k6-1.0pre7try2-28 bounty:~ # rpm -e --justdb MPlayer-k6-1.0pre7try2-28 bounty:~ # rpm -qa | grep MPlayer-k6 MPlayer-k6-1.0pre7try2-29 -- Homepage http://scottj.org XFce desktop environment http://www.xfce.org