Why `yum remove` failed with error "No match for argument <packagename>"?

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Issue

  • Why yum remove failed with error 'No Match for argument:'?

when someone tried 'yum remove ', yum remove returns following messages and failed.

]# yum remove <somename>
... ((snip)) ...
No Match for argument: <somename>
... ((snip)) ...
]# 

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How to fix this problem ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
  • yum

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