uninstalling programs

[Greg Hamilton]

Only crazy people log in as root. Use sudo.

On 24/03/2004, at 4:12 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Mr. Ricken:
>
> Jim Ricken wrote:
>> How does a guy get rid of some of these programs in Ydl 3.0?
>> I will never use handheld pda,floppy formatter,etc
>
> You will kick yourself when you discover how easy it is:
>
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yum.shtml>
>
> Login as root (I like "su -"). Then type:
>
> [root]# yum remove [name of package]
>
> Check out the Yellow Dog Linux support page above to learn other 
> things (like how to discover the names of packages).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
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> DOT net>
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