Johnny, Thought I'd try these out for you. Looks like a prerequisite is missing? yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install java-1.6.0-openjdk\* <snip the usual gobbledygook> 330 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-src.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc.i386 1:1.6.0.0-0.6.b08.el5.centos set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: tzdata-java for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk --> Processing Dependency: jpackage-utils >= 1.7.3-1jpp.3 for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package tzdata-java.noarch 0:2007k-2.el5.centos set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: jpackage-utils >= 1.7.3-1jpp.3 for package: java-1.6.0-openjdk --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: jpackage-utils >= 1.7.3-1jpp.3 is needed by package java-1.6.0-openjdk # rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 # rpm -q jpackage-utils jpackage-utils-1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5 A view of all available yields nothing. $ yum --enablerepo=\* --disablerepo=contrib list available \ >/tmp/YumAvail.03 $ grep -i jpackage /tmp/YumA* # 2 older vers also available $ BTW: the contrib repo seems to be non-functional for some time now. $ yum --enablerepo=\* list available >/tmp/YumAvail.03Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: contrib BTW2: have migrated my "production work" :-) (mail, stock trading, doing some spreadsheet stuff) to C5. After minor configuration adjustments/irratations for the plain old copy of C4's /home, it's working well. Using FF 3.0b05, the real java stuff. A little flaky there. Java console in FF worked fine until this A.M. Haven't treid to "finger" it out yet. HTH -- Bill