On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 16:06 -0400, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 16:00, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't recommend that you use '--force' for any rpm commands unless > > you know what you're doing. > > I suggested the --force just in case the RPM database already had the > yum package registered, but the package was corrupt. > > I agree with your statement that --force should be only used if you > know what you're doing. > > > Open a web browser and depending upon your installation (I am using i386 > > here)... > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/ > > I suggested that the OP gets the packages for 5.2, since his install > seems to be closer to a 5.2 than a 5.3. That way he may end up getting > yum to work again quicker, and then he can use yum to update his > system to the latest packages. > > Using /5/ (CentOS 5.3) is also doable, but the number of packages he > will have to download and install manually will certainly be larger. ---- you could be correct on using 5.2 version of yum might be easier Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.