[ILUG] How can I Safely Update\Remove a Duplicate Package - Without beaking something

[Frank Murphy]

Gnome on FC5  su from terminal

This is a clean re-install.

Cannot use "yum update"  because continuous error as soom as  get to: Is
this ok [y/N]: y
http://www.frankly3d.com/wip/yum-update.png

"apt-get update"  will not update because of  duplicates.

example and removal atempts below.

[root at localhost frank]$ rpm -q librsvg2
librsvg2-2.14.2-1
librsvg2-2.14.4-1.fc5.1
[root at localhost frank]# rpm -e librsvg2-2.14.2-1
/usr/bin/update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders: line 27: /etc/gtk-2.0
/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf.loaders: No such file or directoryerror:
%postun(librsvg2-2.14.2-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
[root at localhost frank]#
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[root at localhost frank]# apt-get remove librsvg2-2.14.2-1
error: rpmdb: damaged header #912 retrieved -- skipping.
error: rpmdb: damaged header #912 retrieved -- skipping.
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package librsvg2-2.14.2-1

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[root at localhost frank]# yum erase librsvg2-2.14.2-1
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     912 tag[36]: BAD, tag 235410944
type 28442 offset 235411200 count 29466
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     912 tag[36]: BAD, tag 235410944
type 28442 offset 235411200 count 29466
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package librsvg2.i386 0:2.14.2-1 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
 librsvg2                i386       2.14.2-1         installed         418 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       1 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Removing  : librsvg2                     ######################### [1/1]
/usr/bin/update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders: line 27: /etc/gtk-2.0
/i386-redhat-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf.loaders: No such file or directoryerror:
%postun(librsvg2-2.14.2-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

Removed: librsvg2.i386 0:2.14.2-1
Complete!
[root at localhost frank]# rpm -q librsvg2
librsvg2-2.14.2-1
librsvg2-2.14.4-1.fc5.1

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Frank