"Raymond Norton" <ray at lctn.k12.mn.us> wrote:
> 
> I just installed MySQL-2.23.46-1.i386.rpm on RedHat 7.1 Once done I was
> going to set the root password as per the instructions. I couldn't find
> mysqladmin, so I was instructed to install the matching client, but
> still no mysqladmin. This is what I get:
> 
> When I do rpm -i MySQL-2.23.46-1.i386.rpm I get "Already installed"
> 
> When I do rpm -e MySQL-2.23.46-1.i386.rpm  I get "Not installed"

In the RPM database, the package doesn't have `.i386.rpm' attached to it. 
Also, the version usually isn't necessary when you're removing things. 
Try `rpm -e MySQL'...

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