vivek chal wrote:
> hi all!
> 
> i am not able to uninstall a rpm package in SL3.0.6 .i have used commands
> rpm -e packagename
> rpm -evv packagename
> rpm -e --nodeps packagename
> rpm -e --noscripts packagename
> 
> i think i have deleted the package directory by mistake .now what should 
> i do to remove the package completely,so that i can reinstall a  fresh copy

Please give us the error messages - you might be able to rebuild your 
RPM database for instance.

However, if all you want to do is "reinstall a fresh copy" this is easy:

rpm --install --replace-pkgs packagename.rpm

This will do exactly what you want - replace the existing RPM with the 
files from packagename.rpm and also run the post install script.

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