On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:47:48 -0600 Brian Connolly <linus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > root@localhost root]# rpm -Uvh xmms-1.2.9-1.p.i386.rpm > warning: xmms-1.2.9-1.p.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > 30c9ecf8 > Preparing... > ########################################### > [100%] > package xmms-1.2.9-1.p is already installed > [root@localhost root]# rpm -e xmms-1.2.9-1.p.i386.rpm > error: package xmms-1.2.9-1.p.i386.rpm is not installed > > ????????????????????? You cannot pass the whole _filename_ for rpm operations that refer to a package that is already installed. eg.: ~ rpm -q rpm rpm-4.2.1-0.30 ~ rpm -qi rpm Name : rpm Relocations: (not [snip] ~ rpm -qi rpm-4.2.1-0.30 Name : rpm Relocations: (not [snip] ~ rpm -qi rpm-4.2.1-0.30.i386.rpm package rpm-4.2.1-0.30.i386.rpm is not installed HTH Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa