Difference between rpm -i and rpm -U ?

[James Wilkinson]

Dan Thurman wrote:
> Bummer.  What do I do if I already went ahead and used the -i
> option- now what do I have to do to remove the bloat?

rpm -q packagename should list all installed versions, 
rpm -e packagename.version (e.g. rpm -e kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5) should
erase the older one.

Hope this helps,

James.
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