Trouble Removing RPM's

[Jim]

Alexandru Ciobanu wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> Rex Dieter wrote:
>>> Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>> I have a x86_64 box that has two of the same rpm :
>>>> gtk2-2.12.1-5.fc8.i386.rpm
>>>> gtk2-2.12.1-5.fc8.x86_64.rpm
>>>>
>>>> I have tried yum and rpm to remove the packages, but to no avail.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> gtk2 is a fairly essential part of most fedora systems.  Why 
>>> wouldn't you want to remove these?
>>>
>>> -- Rex
>>>
>>>   
>> Please ! Rex I appreciate your help, but I just want to know how to 
>> remove them.
>>
> Use --nodeps option, keeping in mind what Rex said :-)
>
# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm
error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.1386.rpm is not installed
[root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2
error: "gtk2" specifies multiple packages
[root at x86_64 mickey]# rpm -e --nodeps gtk2-2.12.1.fc8
error: package gtk2-2.12.1.fc8 is not installed
[root at x86_64 mickey]#