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Iam using fedora core 5.0 version I tried to remove one package by this command #rpm -ivh kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm but it is showing like this "preparing.....######......package kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm is already installed so ...
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    want help regarding removing package

    Iam using fedora core 5.0 version
    I tried to remove one package by this command

    #rpm -ivh kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm

    but it is showing like this
    "preparing.....######......package kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm is already installed

    so when i tried to remove this package by

    #rpm -e kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm

    it is showing that
    error: package kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm is not installed

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    Hi,

    You can check it:
    rpm -qa | grep kav4samba
    or
    rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n' kav4samba

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    Quote Originally Posted by pavanchvk View Post
    Iam using fedora core 5.0 version
    I tried to remove one package by this command

    #rpm -ivh kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm

    but it is showing like this
    "preparing.....######......package kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm is already installed

    so when i tried to remove this package by

    #rpm -e kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm

    it is showing that
    error: package kav4samba-5.5-9.i386.rpm is not installed


    Try rpm -e kav4samba
    Don't use the entire name when removing packages.
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