5.7 32bit server system (headless coloc server), long running, long time stable. I need the flac utils... [root at freescruz ~]# rpm -qa |grep flac (nothing installed) [root at freescruz ~]# yum install flac-devel Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.5ninesolutions.com * extras: mirror.grikare.com * rpmforge: apt.sw.be * updates: centos.mirror.facebook.net Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base Finished Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise 5 - RPMforge.net - dag Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates Finished 82 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package flac-devel.i386 0:1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: flac = 1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 for package: flac-devel --> Processing Dependency: libFLAC++.so.5 for package: flac-devel --> Processing Dependency: libOggFLAC.so.3 for package: flac-devel --> Processing Dependency: libOggFLAC++.so.2 for package: flac-devel --> Processing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 for package: flac-devel --> Finished Dependency Resolution flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: flac = 1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libOggFLAC.so.3 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libFLAC++.so.5 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libOggFLAC++.so.2 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: libOggFLAC++.so.2 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: flac = 1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: libFLAC.so.7 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: libOggFLAC.so.3 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: libFLAC++.so.5 is needed by package flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386 (base) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest now what?!? -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast