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 Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 2:44 pm Post subject: Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 won't uninstall |
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Yep, I got curious and stupid. I downloaded and installed Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and installed it. Decided I didn't like it. I left the 7.0.(3?) version I have on here when I did it in case I wanted to roll back, and I do.
However... the 8.1.2 version is locked, and won't uninstall in MCC.
Any clue how I can do this other than urpme with --nodeps?
Thanks!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 won't uninstall |
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| DedannaRocks! wrote: | | However... the 8.1.2 version is locked, and won't uninstall in MCC. |
That's odd. Never seen a package locked except core packages.
| Code: | | rpm -e --force --nodeps name_of_rpm |
Out of curiosity, what error message do you get from CLI using urpme?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:41 am Post subject: Re: Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 won't uninstall |
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| Germ wrote: | | DedannaRocks! wrote: | | However... the 8.1.2 version is locked, and won't uninstall in MCC. |
That's odd. Never seen a package locked except core packages.
| Code: | | rpm -e --force --nodeps name_of_rpm |
Out of curiosity, what error message do you get from CLI using urpme? |
I haven't used cli yet. I don't like going that route unless I absolutely have to.
There's a "locked" icon next to it in MCC. When I try to uninstall it anyway, it wants to install a bunch of other stuff (php stuff? Why? apache stuff? Why?), then when I tell it to do it, I write down what it wants to install, so I can uninstall it later, tell it "Ok", and a popup comes up saying it can't be selected.
I think it's Adobe's way of keeping a lock on things (excuse the pun there) -- it's their rpm, from the site.
| Code: | [root@dedanna dedanna]# rpm -e --force --nodeps AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1.i486
bash: rpm: command not found
[root@dedanna dedanna]# rpm -e --force --nodeps AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1
rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced
[root@dedanna dedanna]# urpme
urpme version 4.10.14.2
Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Mandriva.
This is free software and may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
usage:
--help - print this help message.
--auto - automatically select a package in choices.
--test - verify if the removal can be achieved correctly.
--force - force invocation even if some packages do not exist.
--parallel - distributed urpmi across machines of alias.
--repackage - Re-package the files before erasing
--root - use another root for rpm removal.
--urpmi-root - use another root for urpmi db & rpm installation.
--noscripts - do not execute package scriptlet(s).
--use-distrib - configure urpme on the fly from a distrib tree, useful
to (un)install a chroot with --root option.
--probe-synthesis - use synthesis file.
--probe-hdlist - use hdlist file.
--verbose, -v - verbose mode.
-a - select all packages matching expression.
[root@dedanna dedanna]# urpme AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1
removing AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1.i486
removing package AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1.i486 |
Took it long enough to go, but it finally did. 
Thanks.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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FYI all:
Even after I urpme'ed the Adobe 8.1.2, when I'd bring up the browser and go to about:plugins, it would still list both the Adobe 8.1.2 version, and the 7.0.x version of nppdf.so.
I had deleted the only nppdf.so file I could find in my plugins directories of my browsers (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, /usr/lib/seamonkey/plugins, etc.), and it would still show up in about:plugins.
Did some searching, and came to find out that it not only installs its plugins to the /usr/lib/browser/plugins directories, but also to ~./browser/plugins directories.
This thing installs itself to everywhere. Recommendation not to use it at all. It definitely appears to this kid anyway, that Adobe, in its effort to keep one locked down, deliberately bloats itself all over so it can track you.
I've since quite using Adobe anything, and have uninstalled all Adobe files from my system. They're gone. They're history.
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