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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Problem when trying to remove a package using rpm command - error: package is not installed Post 302615077 by fpmurphy on Thursday 29th of March 2012 06:56:28 AM
Old 03-29-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by g_p
Thanks for replying,
Code:
rpm -e filepackage
warning: /etc/hd/env.sh saved as /etc/hd/env.sh.rpmsave

What does the previous warning mean?Is that going to cause me any problem?
That is normal. Configuration files are normally saved and given a .rpmsave extension.

Quote:
However, when i executed the following command, i didn't see anything in the output, the output was empty.Was that ok?

Code:
rpm -qa | grep filepackage

Again that is normal. Linux follows the Unix philosophy of not outputting anything unless error or required.

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But what about the location of the ".rpm" contents of the package?
Can i define in the rpm command where i would like the package to be installed?

Cause i have downloaded it in the /usr/test directory.
And i noticed that the package was installed in the /usr directory
and not in /usr/test directory

Why does this happen?
And how can i define the location of the installation of an rpm package?
Read the rpm manpage. Especially section detailing --prefix.
 

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RPMSIGN(8)						      System Manager's Manual							RPMSIGN(8)

NAME
rpmsign - RPM Package Signing SYNOPSIS
rpm --addsign|--resign PACKAGE_FILE ... rpm --delsign PACKAGE_FILE ... DESCRIPTION
Both of the --addsign and --resign options generate and insert new signatures for each package PACKAGE_FILE given, replacing any existing signatures. There are two options for historical reasons, there is no difference in behavior currently. rpm --delsign PACKAGE_FILE ... Delete all signatures from each package PACKAGE_FILE given. USING GPG TO SIGN PACKAGES In order to sign packages using GPG, rpm must be configured to run GPG and be able to find a key ring with the appropriate keys. By default, rpm uses the same conventions as GPG to find key rings, namely the $GNUPGHOME environment variable. If your key rings are not located where GPG expects them to be, you will need to configure the macro %_gpg_path to be the location of the GPG key rings to use. If you want to be able to sign packages you create yourself, you also need to create your own public and secret key pair (see the GPG manual). You will also need to configure the rpm macros %_gpg_name The name of the "user" whose key you wish to use to sign your packages. For example, to be able to use GPG to sign packages as the user "John Doe <jdoe@foo.com>" from the key rings located in /etc/rpm/.gpg using the executable /usr/bin/gpg you would include %_gpg_path /etc/rpm/.gpg %_gpg_name John Doe <jdoe@foo.com> %__gpg /usr/bin/gpg in a macro configuration file. Use /etc/rpm/macros for per-system configuration and ~/.rpmmacros for per-user configuration. Typically it's sufficient to set just %_gpg_name. SEE ALSO
popt(3), rpm(8), rpmdb(8), rpmkeys(8), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmspec(8), rpmsign --help - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the manual matches what's available. http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/> AUTHORS
Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com> Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com> Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> Red Hat, Inc RPMSIGN(8)
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