duplicate packages installed

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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll at brown.edu> wrote:
> In one of my RedHat systems I seem to have many packages installed twice.
>
> Partial output from "rpm -aq"
>
> alsa-lib-1.0.17-1.el5
> alsa-lib-1.0.17-1.el5
> alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5
> amtu-1.0.6-1.el5
> anacron-2.3-45.el5
> antlr-2.7.6-4jpp.2
> apr-1.2.7-11.el5_3.1
> apr-1.2.7-11.el5_3.1
> apr-util-1.2.7-7.el5_3.2
> apr-util-1.2.7-7.el5_3.2
> arptables_jf-0.0.8-8
> arpwatch-2.1a13-21.el5
> aspell-0.60.3-7.1
> aspell-0.60.3-7.1
> aspell-en-6.0-2.1
>
> How do I get rid of the duplications?  I am running 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.

Something like this should remove the mystery.

rpm -q --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n" alsa-lib

John