Uninstalling Software

[TechGuy]

I installed a software RPM and then tried to delete all occurances of it (directories etc..) but when I try to reinstall it the RPM manager keeps telling me it's already installed. What do I need to do to be able to re-install it? What is the proper way in Linux to uninstall software?

TIA

[speck]

The way to uninstall software using rpm is:

rpm -e programname

If you just delete the executable(s) and directories then the rpm database will still contain the reference to the program. Try the "rpm -e" command as root (if you have access) and see if that works.

Speck

[TechGuy]

It worked perfect. Thanks!