Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Erik Laxdal wrote: >> > Jerry Geis wrote: >> >>> >> I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile >>> >> errors. >>> >> >>> >> I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . >>> >> I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. >>> >> I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want >>> >> to re-install ? >>> >> How do I do that? >>> >> > >> > Try the new "reinstall" option in CentOS 5.3's version of yum: >> > >> > yum reinstall alsa-lib alsa-util >> > > Finally ! 10 years after apt :) I saw a t-shirt advertised recently that said "apt-get girlfriend". I'm guessing yum still can't do that ;-). Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce