Trouble Removing RPM's

[Alan]

> Jeff Voskamp wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>>> # 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
>>> [root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8
>>> error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8 is not installed
>>> [root at x86_64 mickey]#
>> Try it without the ".rpm" - i.e. "rpm -e --nodeps
>> gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386" and "rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.x86_64".
>>
> You can't use '--nodeps' in deleteing a rpm, only to install.

Nope.  You can do that. It does work.  I just used it last night to fix a
problem.