-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Mike.Friedrichs <mfriedrichs@consolidated.net> [11-12-07 13:33]:
I downloaded a few RPM's for a project I'm working on. Installed the RPMs, all went okay, but when I went to preview the directories I noticed some of the directories had no files in them, when they should have. These directories were suppose to be built by the RPM's and files installed.
Then I panicked, instead of using 'rpm -e', I deleted the new directories. Now when I use 'rpm -U' to re-install the software, I get the message that this rpm is already installed.
How do I get back to the beginning before the rpm's were installed and start over, a clean slate.
When in doubt, the first step is the command-line, rpm --help and read the output looking for your solution. The second setp would be the man pages. the option you are looking for is "--force" and rpm --help will provide you the necessary command-line parameters. - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn4472 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHOKW8ClSjbQz1U5oRAoX0AJ47YmQgWt5R5kJhKmbNQuxLU6QPeACfS3eS IidSyBhSNzRWLg3vdNU+0N8= =u0gX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org