[CentOS] x86_64 rpms

[Karanbir Singh]

John Logsdon wrote:
> I have just loaded up CentOS4.1 on a PE1850 with twin Intel x86_64's.
> 
> When I came to clean out those packages I didn't want (because some always
> creep in however careful you are), apart from those with dependencies, I
> notice a lot of cases where there are two packages of the same name
> installed - one clearly an x86 package and one an x86_64 package.
> 
> eg apr
> 
> Is this intentional and if it is, how do I remove using rpm -e those
> packages with duplicate modules without removing those that will break
> dependencies?

take a look at this post, it should clear up the issue for you.

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-July/008027.html

- K