> is there a single command to get *ALL* the DEVEL stuff meaning compilers and > libs and whatever on the box in "one fell swoop" > yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' will give you everything in this group. It's possible that you may still have to install the odd -devel package depending on what you build, but it'll get you 99% of the way there. It's amazing what 30 seconds with the yum documentation will give you..... -- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center