yum won't remove a package that it lists as present

[David Boles]

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Chris G wrote:
> Why won't yum remove the older qt.x86_64?  See below:-
> 
>     home# yum list qt
>     Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>     Installed Packages
>     qt.x86_64                                1:3.3.8-4.fc7 installed       
>     qt.x86_64                                1:3.3.8-7.fc7 installed       
>     Available Packages
>     qt.i386                                  1:3.3.8-7.fc7 updates         
>     home# yum remove qt-3.3.8-4.x86_64
>     Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>     Setting up Remove Process
>     No Match for argument: qt-3.3.8-4.x86_64
>     No Packages marked for removal
> 


Because this is a 'duplicate package' listed in the rpmdb.

Yum install yum-utils

package-cleanup -d    will show the duplicate listing(s)  could be more

package-cleanup --cleandupes   will fix it.

package-cleanup   by itself will display the switches.
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  David
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