On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 04:09:32 -0800, Dalton wrote: > where can i find a light weight package manager? Run "which rpm" or "apropos rpm". No, seriously, if you mean a front-end to rpm or rpmlib, try "yum" or "apt-get": http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO Maybe you would call Synaptic light-weight, too, I don't know. You should provide some details about what you have in mind. --