uninstalling programs in linux

[pengwin]

i just installed netscape 6.2 and would like to unsintall the 4.78 version. can someone tell me how to uninstall a program in linux....i'm using redhat 7.2.
thanks,
pen
:confused:

[gcb]

okay let's try this...

from a command line type in the following:

rpm -q netscape

this 'should' list any netscape that you have installed as a rpm...it will tell you the exact package name...

then type this as root to remove it:

rpm --erase *packagename*

*packagename* being the name of the netscape package...hope this helps..let me know if it works...

[bigrigdriver]

You could also use kpackage (or whatever RH uses), the gui interface for rpm. Click on the menu Packages, then Expand tree. Scroll down until you fine Netscape 4.75, click on it to highlight it, then click on Uninstall. That's all there is to it.
Don't be surprised if you have to reinstall the newer version of Netscape. You may remove some files it needs.

[ 15 November 2001: Message edited by: bigrigdriver ]

[pengwin]

under shell i get "no netscape installed".
when i go to the kpackage manager (graphical) i see 2 netscapes listed : netscape common and netscape communicator, both versions 4.78. netscape 6.2 is not listed even though i have been using it. :eek:

[pengwin]

think i will try removing those entries, bigrigdriver.
if i have to reinstall the newer version-no prob.
pen :)

[twen]

did you install it as a rpm?
if it was from source then try a "make uninstall" form the top of the tree of the directory that you unpacked.