david walcroft wrote: >> The only explanation I can see for this problem >> is that yum is not just looking for this particular library, >> it is looking for a specific rpm containing the library. > As the rpm's cannot 'see' the libs run "ldconf" to check your link > library. I did try that, thanks, but it had no effect on yum. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland