[Yum] help needed in yum installation

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 18:21 +0530, Sumesh P.T. wrote:
> I am a newbie in linux. so plz bear with me. 
> I happened to install an old version of yum 2.0.7. It doesnt work. I
> want to uninstall it and install the latest. I face these problems.
> 
> 1. wen i try uninstalling yum
> [root at onsager aditya]# rpm -e yum
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed)
> yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
>         yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed)
> pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch 
> [root at onsager aditya]# sudo rpm -e yum
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed)
> yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
>         yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed)
> pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch 
> [root at onsager aditya]# 
> 
> How do I do that?
> 2. I have downloaded yum 3.2.8. How to install it? I dont see ./config
> file. 
> 

What version of what distro are you using? 

-sv