jackc wrote: > hi craig, > > as one reposnse asked, how did i install, could i be so far off base? i > have 4 fc 4 iso images on cd [snip] > what do you think? I think based on the output below, you aren't installing Fedora Core 4. > what i got of python is ... [snip] > MySQL-python-1.0.0-1.RHEL4.1 > postgresql-python-7.4.6-1.RHEL4.2 > python-2.3.4-14 [snip] What is the output of "rpm -qi python". Also, what is the output of "rpm -q --provides redhat-release". -- William Hooper