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Accidentialy deleted vertica binaries


Vertica_novice
I'm new to vertica and I'm using it on fedora. I accidentally deleted the /opt/vertica folder and now I'm stuck :( Uninstall fails with: rpm -e vertica-6.1.2-0.x86_64 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.M4gwtM: line 21: /opt/vertica/sbin/vertica_service_setup.sh: No such file or directory /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.M4gwtM: line 23: /opt/vertica/sbin/vertica_service_setup.sh: No such file or directory error: %preun(vertica-6.1.2-0.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 error: vertica-6.1.2-0.x86_64: erase failed and installation fails with: rpm -Uvh vertica-6.1.2-0.x86_64.FC.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package vertica-6.1.2-0.x86_64 is already installed Please help!

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  • July 16, 2013
try rpm -e --noscripts vertica

Nimmi_gupta
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For installation you can try this command --> rpm -Uvh --force vertica And for uninstall try this --> rpm -e --force vertica

Vertica_novice
fails with error: package vertica not installed

Vertica_novice
the force on installation worked.. thanks :)