Re: [seul-edu] Re: [novalug] Re: FETC - technology and education --FLALUGS #3

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Michael Viron wrote:
>>In the linux world it is NOT hard to UNINSTALL a program.  In an RPM based
>>system such as Caldera, RedHat or Mandrake you would simple use the -e
>>(for erase) feature built into the rpm executable.  There ARE graphical
>>frontends that let you do this easily if you are not comfortable on the
>>command line (I assume linuxconf can do it, I know that xrpm can).
>As far as I know, they have not setup linuxconf to where it will install /
>uninstall rpms--it is meant more for system configuration (networking and
>so fortth) than for package installs / uninstalls.

There is a separate program called GNORPM that is part of the Gnome package
for Xwindows. It manages RPM install and uninstall very nicely.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com