Ed Bean writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a great deal of difficulty removing mySQL from my RH5.2
> installation. I'm sure the problem is well documented by now, but I'm at a
> loss. The problem: though 'installed' using rpm,
> MySQL-3_22_16a-gamma-1_i386.rpm will not uninstall. RPM claims that the
> package is not installed, while glint and 'rpm -qa' both show that it is.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix the problem?
>
> Thanks alot!
> -Ed
>
Hi!
please run rpm -qa | grep mysql. Then for erasing use exactly the same
name as is the output from rpm.
Do not use the entire file name of rpm.
If that does not help run rpm -q -l rpm name and see what file is
missing.
Do not listen to others which try to degrade rpms. They are just fine !!!
Sinisa
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