Thanks: Re: Problems with installing

[Dennis J. Tuchler]

Thank you for your help.  I found the problem and, strangely, it was a
transcode ...rpm file I downloaded from some where and it found its way
into the directory from which I was trying to install xfce4.  I wonder
where and why I got it .......

thanks again

dennis tuchler

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 02:02, Remco Lubbers wrote:
> Op Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:02:48 -0600 schreef Dennis J. Tuchler aan
> scott at exti.net, xfce list <xfce at xfce.org>:
> 
> >  > > I tried installing XFCE4.0.1 under SuSE 9.0 and got the following
> >  > > strange dependency list.  What has transcode have to do with XFCE
> >  > > (would it be safe to install it with a -nodeps parameter)?  How can I
> >  > > get rid of transcode?  The list:
> >  > 
> >  > "rpm -e transcode" (will just remove transcode) or "apt-get remove 
> >  > transcode" (if you use apt; will remove transcode and anything that 
> >  > depends on it, which seems to only be dvd::rip).
> >  
> >  I did 
> >  	rpm -e transcode
> >  The answer was:
> >  	error: package transcode is not installed
> >  
> >  I also tried rpm -e transcode-0.6 and rpm-e transcode-0.6.11. and
> >  finally rpm -e transcode-0.6.11-0.  It worked on none of these.  I also
> >  looked for transcode using Yast's adding and deleting packages utility. 
> >  Nothing by that name.
> 
> if you're trying to find out wether or not a transcode-rpm is installed just do
> $ rpm -qa | grep -i transcode
> 
> uninstalling the package will be a lot simpler then, using x-copy/paste with
> your mouse :-)
> 
> TaDa
> 
> Remco