Run this same command as root.  You don't have permission to add/delete from
the RPM database as a regular user.

Gene

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of J. Eric Gilliland
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:57 PM
> To: Jonathan Hutchins
> Cc: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: more info Re: failed install of KDE 3
>
>
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I tried what you said.  The command
> rpm -e kdegames3-3.0.1-1mdk
>
> Got me the following error.
>
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not
> permitted (1)
> error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
> Eric Gilliland
>
> --- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins@opus1.com> wrote:
> > ---- Original Message -----
> > From: "J. Eric Gilliland" <patzeric@yahoo.com>
> >
> > > Some time ago I had a failed attempt to install KDE 3.
> > >Is there any way to uninstall the failed KDE 3 install.
> >
> > I presume that you installed in from RPMs on a Mandrake
> > box, since you
> > mention Mandrake 9 later in your message.  You're going
> > to have to identify
> > all of the KDE RPMs.  There should be a pattern, like
> > kde-3*, so you can
> > just
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep kde-3
> >
> > to get a list, then
> >
> > rpm -e <list>
> >
> > You may want to re-install KDE 2 from the original media
> > or whatever update
> > source you use.
> >
>
> =====
> J. Eric Gilliland
> patzeric@yahoo.com
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