I used mc-4.6.0-9.i386.rpm and it worked fine, but I wanted to know why rpm --rebuild didn't work. As for Tom's advice I don't have /etc/popt . Guess I need to create one Best Regards Cooba > I used the following link > ftp://195.220.108.108/linux/redhat/updates/9/en/os/i386/mc-4.6.0-7.9.i386.rp > m which is running fine on my system.