Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > If I try to do a yum install libmeanwhile I get a "Nothing to do" > response from yum. but locate does not find any references to > libmeanwhile. ... > If I try to do a yum -y install I get : > Error: Missing Dependency: libmeanwhile.so.1 is needed by package > libpurple ... > This causes me to think that their may be a dependency problem in the > repositories for x86_64 operating systems. yes, this is mostly the fallout from bad packaging at redhat's end. what you need to do is perhaps a 'yum clean all; yum --obsoletes update' that should find pidgin and its dep chain. - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq