Linux is free. Linux is powerful. But it is contradictory.

My copy of wu-ftpd seems not installed right. I tried to update my
version with #rpm -Uvh. Rpm says I have the most recent version
(2.6.2-11.73.1). I tried to uninstall with #rpm -e AND now rpm returns
the error: package is NOT installed!?!??

WTF? Why is linux so confusing this way? I know its installed. Most of
the questions I post here are because i cant tell what bash is
thinking.

neon_bikini wrote:
> Linux is free. Linux is powerful. But it is contradictory.
>
> My copy of wu-ftpd seems not installed right. I tried to update my
> version with #rpm -Uvh. Rpm says I have the most recent version
> (2.6.2-11.73.1). I tried to uninstall with #rpm -e AND now rpm returns
> the error: package is NOT installed!?!??
>
> WTF? Why is linux so confusing this way? I know its installed. Most of
> the questions I post here are because i cant tell what bash is
> thinking.

What was the command you used?

rpm -e wu-ftpd
Or:
rpm -e wu-ftpd-2.6.2-11.73.1

Do not add the "i386.rpm" when using the "-e" option.

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neon_bikini <neon_bikini@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My copy of wu-ftpd seems not installed right. I tried to update my
> version with #rpm -Uvh. Rpm says I have the most recent version
> (2.6.2-11.73.1). I tried to uninstall with #rpm -e AND now rpm returns
> the error: package is NOT installed!?!??

It is installed. You asked it to uninstall something else - probably
the file name instead of the package name.

> WTF? Why is linux so confusing this way?

It isn't. You are. Start telling the computer what you mean.

> I know its installed.

It is installed. Nobody disagrees with you, least of all the computer.
You can confirm using rpm.

> Most of
> the questions I post here are because i cant tell what bash is
> thinking.

It isn't thinking. It doesn't think. You have to do the thinking. That
means that you have to be accurate. You aren't. We know that because
you don't even bother to show us your rpm command so that we can tell
you what is wrong with it - if you THOUGHT, you would conclude that
EITHER your command was wrong or the computer was wrong, and showing
us the command would allow us to tell you which. But Noooooo ... you
insist on not showing yourself up as fallible in front of a mere
machine, and hence you insist on claiming false things. You lie, even
to yourself! Why? To preserve your face in front of a computer or your
self esteem? It's weird.

Peter

neon_bikini wrote:

> Linux is free. Linux is powerful. But it is contradictory.
>
> My copy of wu-ftpd seems not installed right. I tried to update my
> version with #rpm -Uvh. Rpm says I have the most recent version
> (2.6.2-11.73.1). I tried to uninstall with #rpm -e AND now rpm returns
> the error: package is NOT installed!?!??
>
> WTF? Why is linux so confusing this way?

Because you don't think it's important to type anyting specific. How do I
know? You didn't bother to post what you actually typed.

> I know its installed.

Then prove it. Post the output of:

# rpm -qa | grep -i wu-ftp

> Most of
> the questions I post here are because i cant tell what bash is
> thinking.

No, the problem is not that you can't tell what bash is thinking, it is that
we can't tell what you are thinking -- or typing.

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Paul Lutus
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