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