[Gllug] RPM problem

Martin A. Brooks martin at hinterlands.org
Mon Nov 14 12:43:14 UTC 2005


Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> How can I solve this... the package isn't installed...but I can't
> install it because the package manager (RPM) thinks (wrongly) it is
> 
> 
> [root at dragoneye packages]# rpm -iv clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm
> Preparing packages for installation...
>         package clamav-server-0.87.1-1 is already installed
> [root at dragoneye packages]# rpm -e clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm
> error: package clamav-server-0.87.1-1.i386.rpm is not installed
> 
> 

You need to enter the package name, not the package _file name_.

Something like "rpm -e "clamav-server"

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