Re: possibly a basic question...

[James Green <gnome cyberstorm demon co uk>]

In message <370CF004.D7082686@cybermail.net>, hitch
<hitchhiker@cybermail.net> writes
>can anyone either give or point me to instructions on how to 
>a) remove the gnome rpms...

rpm -e gnome-<whatever>

you can find out what's installed by:

rpm -q gnome-<whatever>

if you know the dependencies don't matters then:

rpm -e --nodeps gnome-<whatever>

more info: rpm --help

>and
>b) install ALL of gnome from CVS.

See the gnome-cvs web page:
http://www.gnome.org/devel/whatiscvs.shtml

-- 
James Green