On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Remco Barendse wrote: >> Error: Missing Dependency: gcc4 = 4.0.0-0.14.EL4 is needed by package >> libmudflap-devel >> Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase = 6:3.3.1-5.5 is needed by package > > ( this issue along with the 'existance of more than 1 instance of the same > pkg name' has been discussed previously a few times, look through the recent > archieves for the relevant .rpmmacros etc ) > > firstly, check what mirror you are using in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo > - make sure that is responsivle ( and local to you - check > http://www.centos.org/mirrors for a list of mirrors ) > > Then remove all files from the /var/lib/rpm/ directory except the Packages > file, and run > > rpm -v --rebuilddb > yum clean all > yum update yum > yum update kernel* audit* > reboot > yum -y update > > Let us know how you get along. It seems that the previous updates have made a complete mess of my system, about every package is there at least 3 times. Will the above solve this problem too? I'm hesitating a bit to complete the above steps in order not to increase the mess. I tried it with samba packages (I had 5 packages of samba-common installed) removed the lot and reinstalled everything. Now samba seems to be clean but if I have to do this for tevery package (about 150!!) I'm better off re-installing the box.... Any advice greatly appreaciated Remco P.S. Sorry for top posting