help needed in yum installation

"Sumesh P.T." <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.rpm.yum
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I am a newbie in linux. so plz bear with me.
I happened to install an old version of yum 2.0.7. It doesnt work. I want to
uninstall it and install the latest. I face these problems.

*1. wen i try uninstalling yum*
*[root@onsager aditya]# rpm -e yum
error: Failed dependencies:
        yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed)
yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
        yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed) pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch
[root@onsager aditya]# sudo rpm -e yum
error: Failed dependencies:
        yum = 3.2.0-1.fc7 is needed by (installed)
yum-updatesd-3.2.0-1.fc7.noarch
        yum >= 2.9.5 is needed by (installed) pirut-1.3.7-1.fc7.noarch
[root@onsager aditya]# *

How do I do that?
*2. I have downloaded yum 3.2.8. How to install it? I dont see ./config
file. *

Plz share your knowledge
-- 
Regards,
Sumesh

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