On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:10, Ray Curtis wrote: > > You might also try: > > rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}\n" -a | sort | uniq -d | xargs rpm -q > Very nice - I will spend time to figure out how you did this: I have another question: Some of the duplicate packages were real obvious, like this: apr-devel-0.9.4-23 apr-devel-0.9.4-24.2 But what about something like this: boost-devel-1.31.0-9 boost-devel-1.32.0-5.fc3 I've not touched any of these types yet. I did remove a bunch in the former category. In this second category there are at least 15-20 of these. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA