Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote on Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:39:49 -0500: > > >> I then do a 'yum install hipl-firewall' and get that it is installed and >> there is nothing to do.... >> > > then a rpm -q would show that, does it? If so: rpm -e. If it's only left in > the rpm database you can remove it from the database only (don't know the > parameter off my head). Thanks Kai, I first needed something with that rpm -q, and rpm -qa|grep hipl did the trick. Then I needed some options with the rpm -e and --noscript --nopostun were both needed to get past the errors. After that the yum install ran. Back in business.