[root@www RPMS]# rpm -e rpm-3.0.3-0.2 error: removing these packages would break dependencies: rpm >= 2.5 is needed by kdesupport-1.1.1-2 [root@www RPMS]#
You probably don't want to remove rpm or you won't be able to use rpm ever again. You can downgrade to a different version of rpm if necessary by adding --force to the command line, as in rpm -U --force older_rpm_package_here