Trouble Removing RPM's

[Jim]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 12:10 -0500, 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.
>>
>> rpm -e gtk2
>> rpm -e gtk2-2.12.1.fc8
>> rpm -e gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.i386.rpm
>> rpm -e gtk2-2.12.1.fc8.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> I just want to remove the RPM's
>>     
>
> You don't say what happens when you try these commands. Do you get a
> dependancy error, a permissions error, a "file not found error"? You
> need to be specific. Note that removing gtk2 will only work if you also
> remove a lot of other stuff which depends on it. Also, you need to be
> root to install or remove packages.
>
> poc
>
>   
If you will read the past post on everything a member has suggested i 
try , I have posted the errors.
As far as the root thing is concerned , i fully understand how that works.
I want to say here guy that I'm not a Newbie, I do consider myself a 
"intermediate" in Linux, but still a distance from a guru .