On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Charles Campbell wrote: > rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel- > release > Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release > error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release > - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error > warning: u 0x1fe50070 ctrl 0x1fe54370 nrefs != 0 > (download.fedora.redhat.com http) > > Seems I need some more hints! the url you are using for the epel-release package is incorrect. CentOS-oriented documentation is here: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories?highlight=(epel) -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v