Chloe K wrote on Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:50:41 -0500 (EST): > But I am trying to the locate command > > but it can't find the package "mlocate" > > yum provides locate > No Matches found As you already know the package name (mlocate) - why don't you use it? You need to "yum provides /path/to/file". As you don't know that path you would use search: "yum search locate" or "yum list" in case you at least know parts of the package name. This is really all RTFM and RTFW(iki). Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com