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haroldjclements

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Registered: 2010-07-19

Posts: 30

[solved] Unable to uninstall packages [could not find or read package]

Hello,

I have installed a couple of AUR packages locally. The install went fine. However, I cannot uninstall the packages.

I have tried updating the database (pacman -Syu) and I have tried uninstalling using both -R and -Rs.

Any help with this one will be gratefully received.

Kind Regards,
Harold Clements

Last edited by haroldjclements (2010-08-16 20:08:52)

loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: [solved] Unable to uninstall packages [could not find or read package]

Does "pacman -Qm" list the installed packages correctly?  Can you post the the full error you receive whilst attempting to uninstall?

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haroldjclements

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Registered: 2010-07-19

Posts: 30

Re: [solved] Unable to uninstall packages [could not find or read package]

Thank you for your quick reply

I have found my error, I was trying to uninstall using the full package name (pacman -Rs ...tar.xz). When I did a query on all install packages I spotted it, just used the shot name and she uninstalled.

Thank you very much for your help...

Harold Clements

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [solved] Unable to uninstall packages [could not find or read package]

You might want to edit the subject in your original post to tag this thread as [solved]

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