how to remove a package with dependencies on red hat 8

**commie29** · 06-10-2003

hey guyz,

i'm kinda new to linux, and i'm having a problem on removing packages that came with the redhat installation.

i'm planning on replacing the mysql, php and apache packages in favor of their more customizeable source codes. Of course, you have to remove the packages first. Removing PHP was a breeze but when it came to removing mysql, an error popped out stating the there is a dependency with another package, perl-DBD-something. I tried removing the perl package but it also stated an error, iterating its dependency back to mysql! So how can i remove these packages?

Thanks in advance guyz!

**l_Kriss** · 06-10-2003

you can use --nodeps and/or --force

Good luck

**bpark** · 06-10-2003

I'd recommend not breaking any dependencies. It can have cause dramatic devestation in your computer.

**Dolda2000** · 06-11-2003

If you want to operate on cyclic depencies (it sounds like such a case to me), just specify all the packets in one command to rpm. Then it will detect that all will be alright when the operations have completed, and decide to do it.

**commie29** · 06-11-2003

Thanks for the replies guyz, i really appreciate it...

What i did is i removed both dependent packages from one command -
# rpm -e mysql perl-DBD-mysql, and it worked, no side effects whatsoever...

I'm now into compiling my downloaded sources and if sumthin goes wrong i'll let you guyz know... :P

Thanks a million!!!

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