Hi Paul Did not work nodeps is not valid now no congig file see below. [root@localhost ~]# mv /etc/httpd/conf /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.old [root@localhost ~]# rpm -e -nodeps httpd -nodeps: unknown option [root@localhost ~]# rpm -e httpd error: Failed dependencies: httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_perl-2.0.2-5.1.i386 httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.2.8-3.i386 httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) php-5.1.4-1.i386 httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_authz_ldap-0.26-6.2.1.i386 httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_auth_mysql-3.0.0-3.i386 httpd-mmn = 20051115 is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.2.2-1.0.i386 webserver is needed by (installed) webalizer-2.01_10-29.2.1.i386 httpd >= 2.0.40 is needed by (installed) mod_python-3.2.8-3.i386 httpd is needed by (installed) system-config-httpd-1.3.3-1.1.noarch httpd >= 2.2.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-user-share-0.10-1.fc5.1.i386 httpd is needed by (installed) awstats-6.5-5.fc5.noarch httpd = 2.2.2-1.0 is needed by (installed) httpd-manual-2.2.2-1.0.i386 httpd = 0:2.2.2-1.0 is needed by (installed) mod_ssl-2.2.2-1.0.i386 [root@localhost ~]# yum install httpd Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/3] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 extras [2/3] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates [3/3] updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.2 MB 00:06 extras : ################################################## 4177/4177 Added 77 new packages, deleted 38 old in 5.77 seconds Parsing package install arguments Nothing to do [root@localhost ~]# httpd -t httpd: Could not open configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: No such file or directory [root@localhost ~]#