Thanks for the help.  I did as was suggested and received the following:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# apt-get remove gimp-print -s
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: There are two or more versions of the package 'gimp-print' installed
in your
system, which is a situation APT can't handle cleanly at the moment.
Please do one of the following:
1) Keep at most one version of the package in the system; or
2) If you do want to keep multiple versions of that package, lookup
RPM::Allow-Duplicated in the documentation.

E: Error occured while processing gimp-print (UsePackage3)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/rpm/Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Regrettably, I am uncertain of how to deal with this.  I suspect that
the first 2 errors listed began with my unnecessary installation of the
print utility, but the others I know nothing about. Suggestions? 
Mockery?

Andrew
 

On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 23:18, David Smith wrote:
> Andrew Hunter wrote:
> 
> >Sorry... let me clarify my last question there... since I have different
> >versions of the same software, how do I uninstall the one I don't want? 
> >I would like to get rid of the one I installed and keep the one that was
> >already there.  Also, can I use "apt-get remove" to uninstall something
> >that wasn't installed with apt-get?  Thanks--
> >  
> >
> Yes, and it will also remove anything that depends on it. Run "apt-get 
> remove gimp-print -s" to have it "pretend", which means it will just 
> tell you what it _would_ do if this "were not a test". The reason you 
> can use apt-get remove is cause apt-get is just a front-end for rpm. It 
> just calls rpm, but does all the hard work (downloading and 
> dependencies) first.
> 
> --Dave
> 
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