Hello Tom, On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:48 +0100, Tom Brown wrote: > well yes - but tar is not removed, that is the point, I guess I'll have to take your word for it as there is nothing in what you mention that verifies this statement. rpm -ql tar will not verify that any files are actually there, just that they got installed at some point. Did you verify /bin/tar was actually there before you did the yum localinstall? Perhaps a colleague playing a prank on you? Or an accidental removal while using mc without confirmation on delete enabled? Since both x86_64 packages *and* i386 packages seem to be missing /bin/tar I doubt this is a multi arch issue. Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research