Ok guys, here is the status First of all, thank you all for your help, I've managed to get this far just beacause of your help! I promise i'm gonna make a great howto when we're done! I've managed to build these RPM's with rpmbuild --rebuild package Mysql - mysql-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm - mysql-bench-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm - mysql-debuginfo-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm - mysql-devel-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm - mysql-server-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm PHP - php-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-debuginfo-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-devel-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-gd-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-imap-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-ldap-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-mbstring-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-mysql-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-ncurses-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-odbc-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-pear-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-pgsql-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-snmp-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-soap-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-xml-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm - php-xmlrpc-5.0.3-2.i386.rpm SQLite - sqlite3-3.0.8-3.i386.rpm - sqlite3-debuginfo-3.0.8-3.i386.rpm - sqlite3-devel-3.0.8-3.i386.rpm I tried installing MySQl first and recieved this message: #>rpm -hUv mysql-4.1.9-1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) mod_auth_mysql-20030510-5.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.19-3.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-9.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) qt-MySQL-3.3.3-8.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) gda-mysql-1.0.4-3.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) freeradius-mysql-1.0.1-1.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) php-mysql-4.3.10-3.2.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) dovecot-0.99.13-3.FC3.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) mysql-server-3.23.58-14.i386 libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed) MyODBC-2.50.39-19.1.i386 libmysqlclient_r.so.10 is needed by (installed) MySQL-python-0.9.2-4.i386 mysql = 3.23.58 is needed by (installed) mysql-server-3.23.58-14.i386 mysql = 3.23.58 is needed by (installed) mysql-devel-3.23.58-14.i386 mysql = 3.23.58 is needed by (installed) mysql-bench-3.23.58-14.i386 Well... i've done a rpm -q on all the packages listed to see if i have them and i do... then i took a second look and deducted that i need libmysqlclient.so.10 ... is that available in the same dev dir? maybe... i'll go see.. Thats all for the update. Phase 1 .- Building the RPM's DONE! :-D Phase 2 .- Solving dependencies... IN PROGRESS Phase 3 .- Installation PENDING Phase 4 .- Testing PENDING Comments, suggestions... ? -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org