卸载rpm包遭遇error: specifies multiple packages

准备在Redhat Linux系统上安装MySQL5.1,先卸载自带的低版本MySQL,结果不知怎么搞的,同一个package出现了两次,版本也都是一样的:

rpm -qa | grep mysql
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1

尝试卸载:

rpm -e mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
error: "mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1" specifies multiple packages

通过man rpm,发现–allmatches应该可以解决这个问题:

–allmatches
Remove all versions of the package which match PACKAGE_NAME. Normally an error is issued if PACKAGE_NAME matches
multiple packages.
rpm -e --allmatches mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
rpm -e --allmatches mysql-4.1.20-2.RHEL4.1
warning: /etc/my.cnf saved as /etc/my.cnf.rpmsave

ok,系统自带的旧版本MySQL卸载完成。