> Am I missing some option that will allow this?
try rpm -e <package>.<arch> eg. rpm -e vte.x86_64 - you can also specify
the version number (rpm -e vte-0.11.11-6.x86_64)
Thanks, that did it. Am I missing something, or is this completely missing from the man page? Or in other words, where did you come across this knowledge? I couldn't find it in the man page or with Google. And it's not obvious...I knew you could use (e.g.) vte or vte-<version>, of course, but I didn't have any reason to suspect that adding .<arch> would work also.
Seems like this info should find its way into the man page (again, if I'm not just missing it), especially as 64-bit Redhat variants become more popular.