Re: How to uninstall glib-2.2.1?

[Billy O'Connor <billyoc gnuyork org>]

Valdis Kletnieks vt edu writes:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:49:01 +0800, wEngUang <wlinuxer peoplemail com cn>  said:
>> How to uninstall glib-2.2.1 completely,which was installed by default with the redhat linux`s installation?
>
> Step 1:  rpm -e glib2
> Step 2: Watch the flood of "needed by" errors
> Step 3 : rpm -q --whatrequires glib2
> Step 3a: rpm -q --whatrequires gtk2
> Step 4: Think long and hard about if you REALLY want to do that.
> Step 5:  rpm -e --nodeps glib2 gtk2
>
> Step 6: Either 'rpm -i' the glib2 and gtk2 RPMs again, or forget about ever
> using Gnome on that system again. Ever. :)

This wouldn't have anything to do with a ./configure error along the
lines of "I wanted glib-version-xxx, but glib-2.2.1 was found.",
would it?