On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:37:37 -0500 "Val Schmidt" <vschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ...[snip] > However, perl-5.6.1-26.72.3 which is what's running on this antiquated > machine requires the perl-NDBM_File rpm, and as you might imagine, > there are loads of stuff that require perl. Have you tried removing perl-NDBM_File using --nodeps with -e ??? I know "--nodeps" isn't generally a good idea, but it might work for you ... David