can't remove kernel-headers

[terry_g]

I installed Fedora core 6 a few days after it came out. After the install I tried to install the Nvidia video driver from their website after installing the kernel-headers as was required in the earlier version of Fedora I still had problems installing them or building the kernel module. I ended up installing them from the Livna repo and they worked properly.

while doing some updating and cleanup I tried to remove the kernel headers using yumex but yumex said it was going to remove a very long list of packages as dependancies. I tried at the terminal:
yum remove kernel-headers
and after processing the dependancy list yum asked if it was okay to remove the following 119 packages.
I never ran into this problem with Fedora core 4 or 5. most of these packages were installed before the kernel-headers so are they really dependancies? All of the packages on this system were installed from the install CD or later as RPMs.

I don't really need to remove the kernel headers as I have a lot of space on the system but I try to keep things organized.
Thanks! Terry

Here is the list:

Removing for dependencies:
ImageMagick
audit-libs-python
chkfontpath
compiz
eog
evince
firstboot
gedit
ghostscript
ghostscript-fonts
gimp
gimp-data-extras
gimp-help
gimp-print
gimp-print-plugin
gimp-print-utils
gnome-python2-gnomeprint
gnome-python2-gtksourceview
gnome-session
gnome-session
gnome-sharp
gnome-utils
gnome-volume-manager
gnome-volume-manager
gthumb
gtkhtml3
gtksourceview
libgnomeprint22
libgnomeprintui22
linuxwacom
openoffice.org-calc
openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-graphicfilter
openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-math
openoffice.org-writer
openoffice.org-xsltfilter
planner
planner
policycoreutils
rhpxl
selinux-policy
selinux-policy-targeted
synaptics
system-config-display
tomboy
urw-fonts
vnc-server
vnc-server
xine
xine-lib
xine-lib-extras-nonfree i
xorg-x11-drivers
xorg-x11-drv-acecad
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek
xorg-x11-drv-apm
xorg-x11-drv-ark
xorg-x11-drv-ast
xorg-x11-drv-ati
xorg-x11-drv-calcomp
xorg-x11-drv-chips
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus
xorg-x11-drv-citron
xorg-x11-drv-cyrix
xorg-x11-drv-digitaledge
xorg-x11-drv-dmc
xorg-x11-drv-dummy
xorg-x11-drv-dynapro
xorg-x11-drv-elo2300
xorg-x11-drv-elographics
xorg-x11-drv-evdev
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev
xorg-x11-drv-fpit
xorg-x11-drv-glint
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen
xorg-x11-drv-i740
xorg-x11-drv-i810
xorg-x11-drv-jamstudio
xorg-x11-drv-joystick
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard
xorg-x11-drv-magellan
xorg-x11-drv-magictouch
xorg-x11-drv-mga
xorg-x11-drv-microtouch
xorg-x11-drv-mouse
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic
xorg-x11-drv-nsc
xorg-x11-drv-nv
xorg-x11-drv-penmount
xorg-x11-drv-rendition
xorg-x11-drv-s3
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge
xorg-x11-drv-savage
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion
xorg-x11-drv-sis
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb
xorg-x11-drv-spaceorb
xorg-x11-drv-summa
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx
xorg-x11-drv-trident
xorg-x11-drv-tseng
xorg-x11-drv-ur98
xorg-x11-drv-v4l
xorg-x11-drv-vesa
xorg-x11-drv-vga
xorg-x11-drv-via
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse
xorg-x11-drv-vmware
xorg-x11-drv-void
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo
xorg-x11-fonts-base
xorg-x11-server-Xorg
xorg-x11-xfs
xsane-gimp

[jcliburn]

As you discovered, you don't want to remove kernel-headers; perhaps you're thinking of kernel-devel instead?

[jcliburn@osprey ~]$ rpm -q --info kernel-headers
Name        : kernel-headers               Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.6.18                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1.2798.fc6                    Build Date: Mon 16 Oct 2006 03:12:02 PM CDT
Install Date: Fri 27 Oct 2006 07:58:03 AM CDT      Build Host: hs20-bc1-6.build.redhat.com
Group       : Development/System            Source RPM: kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.src.rpm
Size        : 2224807                          License: GPLv2
Signature   : (none)
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
Description :
Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface
between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs.  The
header files define structures and constants that are needed for
building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the
glibc package.