[CentOS] yum dependency problem

[Rudi Ahlers]

fred smith wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I recently removed (rpm -e) all the openoffice packages (2.0.4) from
> Centos and replaced them with Sun's packages for openoffice 2.4. Works
> fine.
>
> however, now whenever I run yum update I get this:
>
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
> =============================================================================
> Updating:
>  openoffice.org-base     i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           868 k
>  openoffice.org-calc     i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           7.7 M
>  openoffice.org-draw     i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           1.1 M
>  openoffice.org-emailmerge  i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates            63 k
>  openoffice.org-graphicfilter  i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           205 k
>  openoffice.org-impress  i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           1.6 M
>  openoffice.org-javafilter  i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           148 k
>  openoffice.org-math     i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           1.3 M
>  openoffice.org-pyuno    i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           184 k
>  openoffice.org-writer   i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates           3.0 M
>  openoffice.org-xsltfilter  i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates            97 k
> Installing for dependencies:
>  openoffice.org-core     i386       1:2.0.4-5.4.25   updates            88 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      1 Package(s)         
> Update      11 Package(s)         
> Remove       0 Package(s)         
>
> Total download size: 104 M
>
>
> what I'd like to know is why does it think it needs to update all those
> openoffice packages? They don't exist on the machine anymore, I removed
> all of 'em.
>
> How can I get it to stop doing this?
>
> Thanks!
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Probably because "rpm -e {package name}" and "yum remove {package name}" 
does different things.

I'd suggest run yum remove openoffice.org-core && yum clean all

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