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#1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 06:15 AM

I created a rpm (.spec file) to install a program and create a
symbolic link to it. After I do "rpm -e" to remove the package, the
program and symbolic link still exist, how to fix this problem?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 06:15 AM

wong_powah@yahoo.ca wrote:
> I created a rpm (.spec file) to install a program and create a
> symbolic link to it. After I do "rpm -e" to remove the package, the
> program and symbolic link still exist, how to fix this problem?

If you have a script that creates a symbolic link on install (probably
"post"), then you need to create a script that destroys it upon
uninstall (probably "preun").

If -e isn't removing files "owned by" the rpm, they may be "owned by"
more than one rpm or your uninstall routine may be faulty. You could
always try "--force" at your own risk.

#3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 06:15 AM

On 31 Aug, 22:43, Allen Kistler <ackist...@oohay.moc> wrote:
> wong_po...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > I created a rpm (.spec file) to install a program and create a
> > symbolic link to it. After I do "rpm -e" to remove the package, the
> > program and symbolic link still exist, how to fix this problem?
>
> If you have a script that creates a symbolic link on install (probably
> "post"), then you need to create a script that destroys it upon
> uninstall (probably "preun").
>
> If -e isn't removing files "owned by" the rpm, they may be "owned by"
> more than one rpm or your uninstall routine may be faulty. You could
> always try "--force" at your own risk.

postun: it's usually done as a postun.

You can also do "rpm -q -f [filename]" to see what packages own or
think they own it. And there are fascinating %config options to
preserve or discard config files on removal.

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