How to uninstall package/rpm in Linux

How to uninstall package/rpm in Linux:


rpm (redhat package manager) is a powerful tool which can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and remove/erase individual software packages. 

Below commands can be used to remove packages or rpm:

[root@cloud_home]# rpm –ev [Package Name]

-e = to erase specified package name or rpm

If we want to remove package without removing that package dependency then 

[root@cloud_home]# rpm –ev –-nodeps [Package Name]

Or we can remove package by using yum command as well.

[root@cloud_home]# yum remove [Package Name]

Above commands has given by assuming that we already know the exact package name.

If you don’t know the exact package name then to find out it use below command To get the package name. In below example we are finding package name for httpd:

[root@cloud_home]# rpm –q httpd

Regards,

Kirraan Jadhav