[lug] Uninstalling linuxconf fromRedhat 9

[Kevin Fenzi]

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>>>>> "Elyse" == Elyse M Grasso <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> writes:

Elyse> I'm trying to upgrade from RH 9 to KRUD FC1 on a machine that
Elyse> someone had installed linuxconf onto.

Elyse> anaconda dies with a message about
Elyse> /usr/lib/linuxconf/install/rpm-preuninst.sh not found

Elyse> and trying to do a manual rpm -e linuxconf in RedHat 9 fails
Elyse> with the same message

Elyse> Is touching the missing file so that it exists but does not do
Elyse> anything likely to be safe?  -- Elyse Grasso

Possibly, but there is an easier way: 

rpm -e linuxconf --noscripts

which will remove the package and not run any of it's scripts. 

You can look at the scripts it has with a: 

rpm -q linuxconf --scripts

kevin
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