Several noobish qeustions

[Deiner_Name]

Hello all,

First qeustion is how to delete folders that have pre-existing files and folders inside. I have changed the permissions to the folder using "chmod 777" and tried deleting inside root with no luck. Here is the permissions of what the folder looks like from the Terminal:

drwxrwxrwx 10 root root

My question is how do I delete this folder? "rmdir" gave me this error when I tried to delete it:

the folder is not empty

And second, how do I uninstall a program from the terminal? What should I do when "rpm -e" gives me an error saying the program isn't installed when I know it is installed?

[athlon_crazy]

~$:rm -rf or
~$:rm -df

uninstall it manually.

[Kieren]

The following will remove a directory and all it's contents.

rm -r <DIR>

To uninstall a program you first need to know it's name. Get a list of all installed RPMs with:

rpm -qa

You can grep this to get a smaller list. For example if you are looking for a Firefox RPM:

rpm -qa | grep "firefox"

[Deiner_Name]

I tried deleting the file and it still was there. I don't know if it makes a difference, but the folder that I am trying to delete was compiled from a *.bin file. Is there another command that I could use that will totally delete it?

[gogalthorp]

Your user ID must be the owner of the file/directory or have read/write permissions.

Try removing while you are root.

[Deiner_Name]

Thanks a lot for the help guys, I figured it out!!!