Re: Problems with Swarm on LinuxPPC

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "DS" == Darren Schreiber <address@hidden> writes:

DS> What is the clean way to uninstall the old packages?

If you install a package of the same name, rpm should swap the old
files for the new ones.  

DS> I was using the rpm filename -e command.  I had some errors
DS> because some directories were not empty.  What do I do in those
DS> cases?

I don't think those are fatal.  Look to see what is left there,
and clean up "rm file", "rmdir directory" by hand (as root) if you want
to be retentive.  I haven't looked lately, but I think there are
zillions of books on Redhat things at your local technical book store. 
But "man rpm" should tell you most of the crucial stuff.

DS> Also, what directory do I need to be in when I install gcc, cpp,
DS> binutils and the other dependent packages?

rpm will put them in /usr.  Everything you need should be available 
as RPMs.

DS> Similarly, what is the clean way to uninstall Swarm-2.0.1?  What
DS> directory do I need to be in when I install 2.1.1?

IIRC, rpm just sees the word "swarm" and treats them the same; install
over the top, use --force.


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