Removing an RPM from update stream

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 19 04:32:11 UTC 2010


  On 10/18/2010 09:25 PM, Silent-Hunter wrote:
>    On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, JD wrote:
>>   On 10/18/2010 04:35 PM, Silent-Hunter wrote:
>>>     I downloaded an RPM from the internet, that wasn't in any of the
>>> repositories. I now no longer want it, so I removed it. But the Update
>>> Manager is wanting to update it. How do I completely remove the package
>>> from my system?
>> How did you remove it?
>>
>>
> I used the Add/Remove Software program, under System ->  Administration.
I see, OK - so you did the right thing - but apparently the same
did not do a cleanup - not sure why.

If you do
sudo yum remove <yourpkgname>

and then do yum update, see if that will trigger
the re-installation of the same package again.



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