On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 07:19 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > That would not mess with the database at all. However, it would leave > the package listed as installed. > > Try > rpm -qa kernel\* > > then identify the source package that was installed in step 1 above and > do > rpm -e kernel-XXX > where kernel-XXX is the source package you installed. Installing an SRPM does not affect the RPM database at all. That includes the list of installed packages. There will be no kernel-XXX package to remove as a result of installing a kernel-XXX.src.rpm. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>