At Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:11:49 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > When I install some RPMS like openoffice 3 on centos x85_64 > is there some command that will leave all the actual files alone (leave > them installed) > but just remove the RPM name from the RPM database so centos now things > the packages are not installed? > > Reason is I was wanting to do this so a next yum update does not get all > confused... That should not be a problem. yum update will see that your installed version (3.<mumble>) is greater than the version in the repository (2.<mumble>) and will then skip updating openoffice. > and the yum update happens just like I never installed openoffice 3. > > is there a way to do that ? > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/