How to completely uninstall a package (including all extra files that came with it) using yum (or rpm)?
Check the Deleting packages with yum
section in the HOW TO
There says:
In any event, the command syntax for package removal is:
# yum remove package1 [package2 package3...]
As noted above, it removes package1 and all packages in the dependency tree that depend on package1, possibly irreversibly as far as configuration data is concerned.
As a quick way you can try:
yum remove package
yum install package
Also here is an interesting for
. And the question can help you.
The one that keeps configs in a backup is rpm -e
What you can do is find out what is in a rpm using:
rpm -ql packagename
or
rpm -qlp packagename if the package is not yet installed.
then, you can manually make the modifications you want.
Hope this helps!