Am 02.06.2013 16:11, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone ibmalone@gmail.com wrote:
On 2 June 2013 11:20, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
(Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual problem is.)
As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be some other flag to make that happen).
when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my view both should be reinstalled
why and *which* dependencies? * the direct one * the implicit * both * the whole OS * cross dependencies
there are very few good reasons for reinstall a RPM hence if you cluttered your whole installation "yum reinstall *"
in this topic reinstall makes zero sense at all RPM packages never touch files inside your userhome like settings