On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > Error: Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.5 is needed by package hipl-lib > Centos 5.2 provides python 2.5.1. Are you sure? On an up to date system: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.2 (Final) # rpm -q python python-2.4.3-21.el5 # rpm -q --provides python | grep -Fw 'python(abi)' python(abi) = 2.4 You should look at where your friend got this Python from. HTH, Filipe