john p looney wrote the only way you can resolve this to my knowledge is to download the original libvorbis rpm and the new one remove the old one then do rpm uvh libvorbis rpm then assumes that you want both versions installed at the same time and does so why you can t do this after you have one library already installed is beyond me does using the oldpackage flag help your pain or is your pain caused by obsoletes flags cheers waider waider URL yes it is very personal of me irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 