When I attempt to install a package, rpm tells me that it's already installed. When I try to remove that same package, it tells me that it's not installed. Forcing installation fails (presumably because it's already installed), removal cannot be forced. Any idea what's going on here?
[ecarroll@x200s extensions]$ sudo rpm -i /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
warning: /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 39256cb2: NOKEY
package gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch is already installed
[ecarroll@x200s extensions]$ sudo rpm -e /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
error: package /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm is not installed
Force install:
[ecarroll@x200s extensions]$ sudo rpm --force -i /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
warning: /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 39256cb2: NOKEY
[ecarroll@x200s extensions]$ sudo rpm -e /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
error: package /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm is not installed
Force remove:
[ecarroll@x200s extensions]$ sudo rpm --force -e /home/ecarroll/Downloads/gnome-shell-frippery-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm: only installation and upgrading may be forced