How to remove the older versions of a package which has multiple versions installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • How to remove the older versions of a package which has multiple versions installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
  • The upgraded version of a package is already installed. How to remove old duplicate package?
  • yum-complete-transaction command fails with the following error:
Found pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
some package<new version> is a duplicate with some package<new version> 

For Example

** Found 2 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
pixman-0.26.2-5.1.el6_5.i686 is a duplicate with pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.13.0-23.1.el6_5.i686 is a duplicate with xorg-x11-server-common-1.13.0-23.el6.i686

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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