Charles Howse wrote: > I have done > # rpm -e --nodeps xmms > and > #rpm -ivh ~/tmp/xmms-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm I think that should be okay, but the next time you need to do this you could use the --oldpackage option. From man rpm: > --oldpackage > Allow an upgrade to replace a newer package with an older one. Björn Persson