> On 23 Aug 2016, at 09:43, John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> On 23/08/16 03:53, afeng wrote:
>> Dear all:
>> 
>>       there is a question when I yum update my scientific linux 6.8, this message is below
>> 
>> 
>> Running rpm_check_debug
>> Running Transaction Test
>> 
>> 
>> Transaction Check Error:
>>  file /lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 from install of alsa-lib-1.1.0-4.el6.i686 conflicts with file from package libasound2-1.0.24.1-35.el6.i686
>> 
>>  what should I do? thanks!
>> 
> I think the usual procedure is
> 
> rpm -e --nodeps libasound2-1.0.24.1-35.el6.i686
> 
> and try again - but I always forget how much of the package name has to be specified; perhaps drop the 'el6.i686'

Looks like it's from a dead 3rd party repo - "yum remove libasound2" is probably the right thing to do.