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Old 07-13-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Hhow can i uninstall a program from the terminal
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Does your machine has internet access?
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Here is a cheatsheet for most the main package managers.

DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
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Here is a cheatsheet for most the main package managers.

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Nice link... I'm on DistroWatch all the time but have not noticed that page before!
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I am using Redhat entp Linux 5.i cant have internet access all the time
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Your machine must have internet access to install packages through up2date or yum. You can install already downloaded packages using rpm command but it might throw dependency problems.
Have you checked the link post by reed9?
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