I’ve run into a bit of an issue with rpm on an Oracle Linux 6.5 box.
I installed an RPM, and it appears to have installed successfully. However, now I am trying to remove it, but rpm says it’s already installed. I am trying to uninstall it by package name, not the full *.rpm name. Ex:
[root@server06 ~]# rpm -ivh package-10.0.0B116-02202013-x64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116.noarch is already installed
[root@server06 ~]# rpm -ql package-10.0.0B116-02202013-x64.rpm
package package-10.0.0B116-02202013-x64.rpm is not installed
[root@server06 ~]# rpm -q package-10.0.0B116
package package-10.0.0B116 is not installed
[root@server06 ~]# rpm -e package-10.0.0B116
error: package package-10.0.0B116 is not installed
So the system won’t let me install it again because it thinks it’s already there, but won’t let me uninstall it because it thinks it’s not there.
rpm -qa |grep -i package returns nothing.
rpm --rebuilddb doesn’t help either.
Anthon
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asked May 12, 2016 at 14:37
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Notice the line:
package custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116.noarch is already installed
So despite the filename of package-10.0.0B116-02202013-x64.rpm the package (in rpm header) is likely named custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116. So you must call
rpm -e custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116
answered May 13, 2016 at 17:19
msuchymsuchy
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If you still have the original rpm file, extract the package name from it with -qp and the filename, eg
$ rpm -qp ~/myrpm-1.0-05077.i586.rpm
myrpm-1.0-05077.i586
and try using that in the rpm erase, as the filename might not match the package name.
answered May 12, 2016 at 16:22
meuhmeuh
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rpm -aq | grep -i package.rpm if still not getting the output, then run updatedb command and try again
i will if ignore case sensitive
If you want to remove the rpm please give the full package name.
rpm -e package-10.0.0B116-02202013-x64.rpm
answered May 12, 2016 at 14:39
AReddyAReddy
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The real problem seems to be that the package you are trying to remove wasn’t actually installed:
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116.noarch is already installed
And the package name seems to be custom-linux-9026-10.0.0-BUILD116.noarch.
answered Nov 18, 2020 at 7:35
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Description of Issue/Question
Hello,
We are trying to install salt master in an environment with no internet connection on a centos 6 machine. As mentioned in other threads we are trying to rsync the packages.
We ran the following command
cd /home/vagrant
rsync -vaH --numeric-ids --delete --delete-after --delay-updates rsync://repo.saltstack.com/saltstack_pkgrepo_rhel ./rhel
This command executes successfully.
Next we run the following command
createrepo /home/vagrant/rhel
The following errors are then observed
Spawning worker 0 with 366776 pkgs
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-crypto-2.6.1-2.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/babel-0.9.4-5.1.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/libyaml-0.1.3-4.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-futures-3.0.3-1.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-raet-0.6.3-2.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-jinja2-2.2.1-2.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-ioflo-1.3.8-1.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
Worker 0: Error: Could not open local rpm file: /home/vagrant/rhel/redhat/6.4/x86_64/archive/2015.5.6/SRPMS/python-markupsafe-0.11-10.el6.src.rpm: RPM Error opening Package
Worker 0: error: not an rpm package
I am fairly new to rsync and create repos so would really appreciate if someone could guide me as to what I am doing wrong.
Appreciate your help in advance.
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I’m trying to install MYSQL instead of MariaDB on my CentOS 7. I used this command:
wget http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
yum install http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
as root. but i got error and nothing happen:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm | 5.2 kB 00:00
Cannot open: http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm. Skipping.
Error: Nothing to do
what should I do?
asked Jun 23, 2016 at 10:06
you have tried from banned countries. if you open the link in your browser you would see the message «In compliance with U.S. and applicable Export laws we are unable to process your request. Please contact RPLS-Ops_ww@oracle.com if you believe you are receiving this notice in error.»
you should download using another ip provided by vpn or proxy.
answered Dec 10, 2018 at 9:15
The wget command will download the package to your current directory . Once it is downloaded you can simply install it using the rpm command with the package name and not the complete link as
rpm -Uvh mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
In case this shows some unfulfilled dependencies , you can use
yum localinstall mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm
to try and install the dependencies as well from the repositories.
stambata
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answered Jun 23, 2016 at 10:40
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