On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 11:31:18 +0000 Piscium wrote: > So I wonder what do other CentOS users do in a similar situation? Is > it possible to get a Fedora binary package and install it? What about > getting a Fedora source package, building and installing it? Is there > any other possibility? For a few programs that don't seem to be (readily) available for Centos I just take some steps to create/compile my own rpm. Sometimes all it takes is a simple "rpmbuild --rebuild" command on a Fedora rpm, sometimes it takes a bit more than that. You can find "my" Centos rpms here: http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/el5/index.html -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com