yum rpm removal afte 'yum localinstall *.rpm'

[Bob Hartung <rwhart mchsi com>]

Hi all,
  Been having problems with java.  Followed info on the Fedora site to 
make my own java-1.5.0.05 rpms with yum and then use the command to
install them on my test FC4.  The command was

  from within /home/test/rpmbuild/RPMS

     sudo yum localinstall *.rpm

  The command executed okay and properly filled all dependencies.  Java 
--version reports the proper version.  So far okay.  Got Tomcat4 
installed as required by the program I am testing.  It will not work 
with > 1.4.2 java.

  So I have removed Tomcat with yum.  Now how do I remove the list of 
java-1.5.0.05 rpms with yum.  I have tried a variety of command forms 
without luck.  Or do I have to try to remove them 1 by 1 with rpm -e?
Tried this too, however, and rpm reports a slew of dependencies that may 
take a lifetime (exagggeration somewhat!) to figure out.

  help appreciated.  I have tried to read the yum docs without much 
success.

Thanks and a Happy New Year!

Bob