On Sun, 2026-07-19 at 13:42 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I guess I should know this, but I'll ask anyway. For some time now > > I've > > been getting errors when trying to update MS Edge using dnf. Since > > I > > never actually use it I decided to just remove the package, but I > > can't > > even do that (presumably for the same reason the update fails): > > > > $ sudo dnf remove microsoft-edge-stable > > Package Arch > > Version > > Repository Size > > Removing: > > microsoft-edge-stable x86_64 > > 0:147.0.3912.72-1 > > <unknown> 625.9 MiB > > microsoft-edge-stable x86_64 > > 0:150.0.4078.80-1 > > <unknown> 631.3 MiB > > > > Transaction Summary: > > Removing: 2 packages > > > > After this operation, 1 GiB will be freed (install 0 B, remove 1 > > GiB). > > Is this ok [y/N]: y > > Running transaction > > [1/3] Prepare > > transaction > > 100% | 5.0 B/s | 2.0 B | > > 00m00s > > [2/3] Removing microsoft-edge-stable-0:150.0.4078.80- > > 1.x86_64 100% | > > 177.0 B/s | 389.0 B | 00m02s > > >>> Running %preun scriptlet: microsoft-edge-stable- > > 0:147.0.3912.72-1.x86_64 > > >>> Error in %preun scriptlet: microsoft-edge-stable- > > 0:147.0.3912.72-1.x86_64 > > >>> Scriptlet output: > > >>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.XlMkJM: line 191: syntax error near > > unexpected token `}' > > >>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.XlMkJM: line 191: `}' > > >>> > > >>> [RPM] %preun(microsoft-edge-stable-147.0.3912.72-1.x86_64) > > scriptlet failed, exit status 2 > > >>> Running %triggerpostun scriptlet: desktop-file-utils-0:0.28- > > 5.fc44.x86_64 > > >>> Finished %triggerpostun scriptlet: desktop-file-utils- > > 0:0.28-5.fc44.x86_64 > > >>> [RPM] microsoft-edge-stable-147.0.3912.72-1.x86_64: erase > > failed > > Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed. > > > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > I'd likely start by dumping out the scriptlets, so you can > run any which might actually be needed to clean things up > once the package is removed. This can be done with: > > rpm -q --scripts microsoft-edge-stable > > I haven't had to do this in long enough that I have always > just used rpm directly. It has options to disable the > scriptlets, either entirely or with some granularity. Refer > to rpm(1) and the --noscripts option for details. If the > error is only in the %preun scriptlet, you could use > --nopreun, for instance. > > To remove the package via rpm without any %preun scriptlets, > you could use: > > rpm -e --nopreun microsoft-edge-stable > > You can disable scriptlets via dnf too, using the tsflags > option. It doesn't allow the granularity of rpm, but > depending on what other scriptlets are present in the > package, that might not matter. With dnf, you'd pass > tsflags via --setopt, e.g.: > > dnf --setopt=tsflags=noscripts remove microsoft-edge-stable > > Then run whatever bits from the scripts which were skipped, > as needed. Well, the `pre*` scripts should be run before > removing the package.
I did: sudo rpm -e --noscripts microsoft-edge-stable-147.0.3912.72-1.x86_64 sudo rm -rf /opt/microsoft/msedge and that seemed to work. Thanks poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
