On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 18:31 +0000, centos at bathnetworks.net wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install via yum group install, open office. I am having a > dependancy problem. I get: > > /nTransaction Check Error: package libIDL-0.8.4-1.centos4 (which is > newer than libIDL-0.8.4-1) is already installed > > yum list gives: > > Installed Packages > libIDL.x86_64 0.8.4-1.centos4 installed > Available Packages > libIDL.i386 0.8.4-1 base > > It looks like OO is looking for the 32 bit verson of the library whereas > the 64 bit verson is installed. > > How do I fix this? I am running the x86_64 arch. > > Thanks in advance > > Rob > Sad person that I am replying to my own posting. I appear to have sort of fixed this by installing the 32bit library by using the rpm --oldpackage option. Yum now lists both: Installed Packages libIDL.i386 0.8.4-1 installed libIDL.x86_64 0.8.4-1.centos4 installed My only worry is what will happen if they are updated. Rob