Trouble Removing RPM's

[Rex Dieter]

Jim wrote:
> Alexandru Ciobanu wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
 
>>> Please ! Rex I appreciate your help, but I just want to know how to
>>> remove them.
>>>
>> Use --nodeps option, keeping in mind what Rex said :-)
>>
> # rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm
> error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm is not installed
> [root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2
> error: "gtk2" specifies multiple packages

OK, 
rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches gtk2

(then say hello to a broken box).

-- Rex