On 10/10/11 11:27 AM, dev at nkmo.com wrote: > I would love to use the standard repository, unfortunately the package is > not found which was how I ended up finding the third part solution. I > tried: > yum update php > yum upgrade php > yum install php > yum install php53 odd. $ sudo yum list php53\* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.nic.uoregon.edu * extras: mirror.nic.uoregon.edu * updates: centos.mirror.facebook.net Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates Finished Available Packages php53.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-bcmath.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-cli.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-common.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-dba.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-devel.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-gd.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-imap.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-intl.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-ldap.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-mbstring.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-mysql.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-odbc.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-pdo.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-pgsql.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-process.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-pspell.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-snmp.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-soap.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-xml.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base php53-xmlrpc.i386 5.3.3-1.el5_6.1 base it appears from your yum output, you have the base repositories disabled?!? -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast