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240 Chapter 26. Gnome-RPM

Figure 26-10. Verify Window

As the package is being checked, you will see the progress in the Verify window. If there

are any problems discovered during the verify process, they will be described in the main

display area.

26.5.3. Uninstalling Packages

Uninstalling a package removes the application and associated ﬁles from your machine.

When a package is uninstalled, any ﬁles it uses that are not needed by other packages on

your system are also removed. Conﬁguration ﬁles that have been modiﬁed are copied to

filename .rpmsave so you can reuse them later.

Note

You must be root to uninstall packages.

If uninstalling a package would break "dependencies" (which could interfere with the oper-

ation of applications that require one or more of the removed ﬁles in the package), a dialog

will pop up, asking you to conﬁrm the deletion.

You can uninstall a selected package in a variety of ways: from the menu, under Packages;

from the toolbar and from the Query function. If you decide to remove more than one pack-

age at a time, you can choose more than one package in the same way as you would when

installing, querying or verifying. The total number of selections will be displayed in the sta-

tus bar on the bottom of the main window.

Figure 26-11. Uninstall Window