Yum (http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/) and Grab (http://www.runlevelzero.net/greg/grab/) can resolve dependencies. Apt is available too. You just need a repository to get packages from. I have a site that explains how to make one for Grab (http://www.jdmz.net/grab/index.html) and I am going to make one for Yum too. >>> "Matt Murphy" <mmurphy at tc-tech.com> 12/31/03 11:22AM >>> folks, I'm trying to get ODBCConfig going, which is a KDE program, so I can connect to our MSSQL server from php. I run gnome, and after installing the unixODBCConfig rpm, I get nothing. So I think I'll try installing KDE, but I get an error message that it's missing like 10 different dependencies. It took me an hour to resolve just the first one, and one of them is xinitd which is obviously already installed and working. Am I doing something wrong? Do real people actually deal with this crap just to get something installed??? Is there an easier way to solve dependency problems? (isn't the stupid installer supposed to be able to do that?) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list