Rebuilding from SRPM and building your own RPM are two additional options many don't consider worth mentioning because most people are incapable of carrying them out.
Hmm... my guess would be that I'm incapable of carrying them out. I'm the worst kind of newbie - one who doesn't know anything, but isn't afraid to go stomping through systems I don't understand.
Getting back to the original question... I seem to be missing just one library. Is it not possible to just get that library from another source? Or do I not understand the implications of missing that library file.
Dave