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|    ArameFarpado to Jim Beard    |
|    Re: Way to remove ghost packages from rp    |
|    23 Jul 12 22:56:23    |
   
   From: a-farpado.spam@netcabo.pt   
      
   Jim Beard wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >> Does you know a way to remove these two entries from the database without   
   >> damaging the database?   
   >   
   > have you tried urpmi --justdb ?   
   Not yet, and no go...   
      
      
   > On the rpm side, from man rpm:   
   >   
   > REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS   
   > The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is   
   > rpm {--rebuilddb} [-v] [--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root   
   > DIRECTORY]   
   > Use --rebuilddb to rebuild the database indices from   
   > the installed package headers.   
   >   
   > Cheers!   
   >   
   > jim b.   
   >   
   Great, I've rebuild the database (took an eternity) and after that I was   
   able to remove the two stuck packages with simple "rpm -e package" commands   
      
   Thanks a lot   
   ArameFarpado   
      
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