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After installing and updating mandriva powerpack 2009 on my system i get stuck with two packets : mandriva-release-common-2009.0-0.11mdv2009.0
mandriva-release-Powerpack-2009.0-0.11mdv2009
Urpmi cant update them because its already installed and he wont delete them to install again
package mandriva-release-Powerpack-2009.0-0.11mdv2009.0.i586 is already installed
ive searched google for the problem but cannot find anything about it
Hi guys thanks for reply sorry for not telling the problem
the problem is that the urpmi gui the red sign on the taskbar will not update or renew the packages mandriva-release-Powerpack - Mandriva release file for Powerpack and mandriva-release-common - Mandriva release common files hey says that they are already installed and the transaction has failed i keep the red sign in my taskbar and he wont update other packets to its getting anoying
when i did the command rpm -e --nodeps --force mandriva-release-common-2009.0-0.11mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
he says this rpm: only installation, upgrading, rmsource and rmspec may be forced
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