Can't add or remove packages in FC4

[ryan]

Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> 
> I'm running FC 4 with the latest kernel.
> My desire was to have the ability to input Japanese, but before I can 
> even get to that, I have a more fundamental problem. When I went to 
> Desktp | System Settings | Add/Remove Packages to install multilingual 
> support, and selected the languages that I wanted to isntall, it said I 
> had to install iiimf drivers first. I went on to the web to see if I 
> could download these drivers, but despite finding information about them 
> on Red Hat's site for Fedora, it wasn't as simple as finding an RPM and 
> downloading it.
> 
> In any case, I later decided that I wanted to remove some programs that 
> might be causing problems with my DVD (which is another issue). But when 
> I selected to remove certain applications (like Totem), again the 
> Add/Remove Packages interface told me I had to have certain packages 
> installed before it could do anything.
> Huh? Why do I need packages to *remove* things.
> 
> After a little more experimentation, it seems that I can neither add nor 
> remove *anything*. It always gives me a list of packages that I need to  
> have available before it will update.
> 
> The result is that I can not make any changes to my system. What can be 
> done about this?
> 
> Thank you for any help on this matter.
> 
> Dave
> 
Try (as root) "yum search package-you-want" then "yum install package"

to remove, use "yum remove package"