Have you used google to search for "ruby 1.8.2 rpm"? Remember that you should be able to install rpms for CentOS 4, RHEL 4, or Fedora Core 4. HTH ~Lorin
2 out of 3 on your shooting. fedora core 4 rpms are built against different versions of libraries, etc. You can rebuild some of the src.rpms to run on centos, but the binaries will probably cause issues. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'' Benjamin Franklin 1775