package installation problem

[Thad Nielsen]

Gerhard Magnus [magnus at agora.rdrop.com] wrote:
> I was trying to install the downloaded package
> flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm on a remote machine after having
> successfully installed it locally.  At one point this rpm installation
> opens a second window containing the flash license agreement.  I'd
> forgotten to include the -Y parameter in the ssh command initiating the
> session -- which is probably why "rpm -ivh
> flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm" hung up.  Then I may have made matters
> worse by cancelling the command.
> 
> In any case, the flash plugin doesn't work even though the system says
> it's installed.  Then I get these results when I try to delete or
> re-install the package (in any order):
> 
> [104] /home/magnusg $ rpm -ivh flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm
> warning: flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
> key ID 8df56d05
> Preparing...                ################################# [100%]
>         package flash-plugin-7.0.61-1 is already installed
> 
> [105] /home/magnusg $ rpm -e flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm
> error: package flash-plugin-7.0.61-1.i386.rpm is not installed
> 
> Is there some way to clean up the damage and start over?
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> Jerry
> 
Try rpm -e flash-plugin <ENTER>.