# Can't update my OS

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975 "2024-09-26T15:03:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/1 "2024-09-26T15:03:55Z")

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re: Rocky Linux release 8.10 (Green Obsidian)

I’m having problem updating my OS. It seems the trouble began after I’ve installed the package MySQL. It’s a rpm package I downloaded from the mysql community website. How can I uninstalled the package?

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**Author:** ![FrankCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/frankcox/32/1572_2.png) [@FrankCox](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrankCox)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/2 "2024-09-26T16:27:57Z")

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dnf remove NameOfBadPackage

mysql is available from the standard rocky repository so you would be better off installing it from there absent a really compelling reason for getting it from somewhere else.

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**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/3 "2024-09-26T21:31:54Z")

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In addition, look out for where it says ‘copr’.

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**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/4 "2024-09-27T14:56:59Z")

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Thanks for your reply…  
To do what you’ve suggested (standard rocky repository). I need to uninstall the community version of the mysql. I used this command “sudo rpm -ivh [https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql84-community-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm](https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql84-community-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm)” during the installation. I tried rpm -Uvh (various version mysql, mysql84, mysql84-community-release) to uninstall the package. None were successful. Any idea to how I can uninstall the package?

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**Author:** ![FrankCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/frankcox/32/1572_2.png) [@FrankCox](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrankCox)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/5 "2024-09-27T16:23:16Z")

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rpm -qi mysql84-community-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm

The top line of the return data is Name: NameOfRPM

dnf remove NameAsShownInThatField

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**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/6 "2024-09-27T19:11:09Z")

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Thank you FrankCox for your reply  
Unfortunately the sudo rpm -qi mysql84-community-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm doesn’t work…  
error: open of mysql84-community-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm failed: No such file or directory.  
Fortunately command did show the name of the package. I ran this command:  
“sudo dnf erase mysql84-community-release” instead. I managed to remove the mysql84-community-release package. I ran “dnf update” successfully after.

Thank guys,

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-update-my-os/15975/7 "2024-11-26T19:11:45Z")

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Closed on November 26, 2024, 7:11pm UTC

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