Duncan wrote: > Yum install mysql-server > There are many tutorials on teh web for getting LAMP on CentOS 5 specifically and this is a cut and paste from one of them :- Install Required Packages :- Enter yum install mysql mysql-devel mysql-server to download and install MySQL then Enter chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on to set MySQL to start when your server boots As easy as ABC, I don't know where he is getting information for FC3 when the info on CentOS 5 is sufficient. Spike. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com