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Forcing yum to reinstall a package

When things are OK

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# Simply remove and install the package  \nyum -y remove PACKAGE  \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n

When things get bad

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# Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum  \nrpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE  \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n

When things go very South

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# Trick yum into thinking that the package  \n# doesn't exist in the RPM database  \nrpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE  \nyum install PACKAGE\n

N.B. The last method doesn’t actually remove any files.

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Other notes

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Files staged for install when performing a yum update are kept in /var/cache/yum/. This is useful in certain situations.

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This is useful in [certain situations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2026-01-13T18:47:28Z", "id": "2436477560f26e23d00a24add1cbfeafdca4af78", "shortId": "24364775", "subject": "No compression\n", "content": "When things are OK\n------------------\n\n```bash\n# Simply remove and install the package \nyum -y remove PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\nWhen things get bad\n-------------------\n\n```bash\n# Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum \nrpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\nWhen things go very South\n-------------------------\n\n```bash\n# Trick yum into thinking that the package \n# doesn't exist in the RPM database \nrpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE \nyum install PACKAGE\n```\n\nN.B. The last method doesn't actually remove any files.\n\nOther notes\n-----------\n\nFiles staged for install when performing a `yum update` are kept in\n`/var/cache/yum/`. This is useful in [certain situations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-27T07:27:56Z", "id": "1aa29105a45aa67523ffb61e73bcc415f935a47e", "shortId": "1aa29105", "subject": "Fix Markdown conversion\n\nSaw half a season of The Office\n", "content": "When things are OK\n------------------\n\n```bash\n# Simply remove and install the package \nyum -y remove PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\nWhen things get bad\n-------------------\n\n```bash\n# Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum \nrpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\nWhen things go very South\n-------------------------\n\n```bash\n# Trick yum into thinking that the package \n# doesn't exist in the RPM database \nrpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE \nyum install PACKAGE\n```\n\nN.B. The last method doesn't actually remove any files.\n\nOther notes\n-----------\n\nFiles staged for install when performing a `yum update` are kept in\n`/var/cache/yum/`. This is useful in [certain situations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-21T02:30:47Z", "id": "d658e80d1ecb97b196531c7b15a0f9af709c05de", "shortId": "d658e80d", "subject": "Incremental\n", "content": "When things are OK\n------------------\n\n` # Simply remove and install the package` \n` yum -y remove PACKAGE` \n` yum -y install PACKAGE`\n\nWhen things get bad\n-------------------\n\n` # Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum` \n` rpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE` \n` yum -y install PACKAGE`\n\nWhen things go very South\n-------------------------\n\n` # Trick yum into thinking that the package` \n` # doesn't exist in the RPM database` \n` rpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE` \n` yum install PACKAGE`\n\nN.B. The last method doesn't actually remove any files.\n\nOther notes\n-----------\n\nFiles staged for install when performing a `yum update` are kept in\n`/var/cache/yum/`. This is useful in [certain\nsituations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n\n\n\n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-20T19:56:48Z", "id": "8f36ec1a73240ae8efdd951099b95a0c1edc0d59", "shortId": "8f36ec1a", "subject": "Forcing yum to reinstall a package : First Draft\n", "content": "When things are OK\n------------------\n\n` # Simply remove and install the package` \n` yum -y remove PACKAGE` \n` yum -y install PACKAGE`\n\nWhen things get bad\n-------------------\n\n` # Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum` \n` rpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE` \n` yum -y install PACKAGE`\n\nWhen things go very South\n-------------------------\n\n` # Trick yum into thinking that the package` \n` # doesn't exist in the RPM database` \n` rpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE` \n` yum install PACKAGE`\n\nN.B. The last method doesn't actually remove any files.\n\nOther notes\n-----------\n\nFiles staged for install when performing a `yum update` are kept in\n`/var/cache/yum/`. This is useful in [certain\nsituations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n\n[Category:Nikhil's Notes](Category:Nikhil's_Notes \"wikilink\")\n[Category:From a past sysadmin\nlife](Category:From_a_past_sysadmin_life \"wikilink\")\n" } ], "sizeInBytes": 798, "source": "## When things are OK\n\n```bash\n# Simply remove and install the package \nyum -y remove PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\n## When things get bad\n\n```bash\n# Use rpm to force removal and reinstall with yum \nrpm -e --nodeps PACKAGE \nyum -y install PACKAGE\n```\n\n## When things go very South\n\n```bash\n# Trick yum into thinking that the package \n# doesn't exist in the RPM database \nrpm -e --nodeps --justdb PACKAGE \nyum install PACKAGE\n```\n\nN.B. The last method doesn't actually remove any files.\n\n## Other notes\n\nFiles staged for install when performing a `yum update` are kept in `/var/cache/yum/`. This is useful in [certain situations](http://fir3net.com/Redhat-/-Fedora/yum-update-shows-module-object-has-no-attribute-httpshandler-error.html).\n", "title": "Forcing yum to reinstall a package", "untracked": false, "uri": "/Forcing_yum_to_reinstall_a_package", "relativePath": "Forcing yum to reinstall a package.md" }