On 10/24/07, Olaf Zaplinski <o.zaplinski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > which package manager would you recommend for a RHEL5 system? rpm alone > is unusable, it even cannot erase packages: > > # rpm -q audit-libs > audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.x86_64 > audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386 > > # rpm -e audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386 > error: package audit-libs_1.3.1-1.el5.i386 is not installed > You dont need version info in rpm -e. This comes up now and then with rpm new users. The argument following the -e should be the PACKAGE NAME. On an i386 system I have $ rpm -qa | grep audit audit-libs-python-1.5.6-2.fc7 audit-libs-1.5.6-2.fc7 and to remove audit-libs (the package name), type $ rpm -e audit-libs Now, on the X86_64 system, one will usually find both the i386 and x86_64 libs installed. This is not a flaw or mistake, it is a multilib feature developed. This way, programs that have 64 bit implementations can be used, but 32 bit programs that need the audit-libs functionality can find it. The dynamic linker for libraries looks in /usr/lib64 first, then /usr/lib. Generally, this does not cause trouble on our 64 bit systems. To remove audit-libs, $ rpm -e audit-libs --all-matches > Olaf > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
