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! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > 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 -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff