david walcroft wrote: >> But my main query is how to deal with the requirement for kdebase3. >> I do not seem to have any file of that name, >> and do not see where it would come from. >> >> Any and all suggestions and advice gratefully received. >> >> > In your yum.conf did you use 'exclude=kde* ' on mine it stopped the > downloading of any kde packages. I did try that earlier, and it did indeed allow me to update all except the kde files.