Why `yum remove` failed with error "No match for argument <packagename>"?
Issue
- Why yum remove failed with error 'No Match for argument:'?
when someone tried 'yum remove
]# yum remove <somename>
... ((snip)) ...
No Match for argument: <somename>
... ((snip)) ...
]#
What does this message mean?
How to fix this problem ?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- yum
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