Removing packages.

[BoomerFZ1]

I want to nix xMule and Limewire....how do I perform an uninstall?

[LanceM]

You should be able to use yum.

code:
yum remove LimeWire

[LanceM]

great yum info here:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=25880

[BoomerFZ1]

Do I need to locate the file first? I'm trying but it says "No packages marked for removal".

[dEEM]

Originally Posted by BoomerFZ1

Do I need to locate the file first?

No not necessary.
"rpm -qa limewire" OR "whereis limewire"
(if result is null, that means limewire is not in your system)

Originally Posted by BoomerFZ1

I'm trying but it says "No packages marked for removal".

To remove, "rpm -e limewire"

[zab]

Sometimes, the name of the application is not necessarily the same as the name of the package. Specifically for Limewire, the name of the package is "LimeWire-free", so in order to remove it you should type

"rpm -e LimeWire-free"

One way to find out what the actual package name from the application is to type

"rpm -q -a |grep -i limewire"
which will output:
"LimeWire-free-4.8.1-1"

[PeTzZz]

Here is a good tutorial about package management by foolish. It covers nearly all aspects.

To remove packages, you can just use the command:

yum remove packagename

If you don't know the exact packagename, then you can use the command

yum info packagen*

where packagen is the first part of the packagename that you want to search. You can also put asterisk (*) to the left or somewhere in the center. You can even use more than one asterisk. The point is that you have to put the asterisk into the name path that you don't know.