Shy of RPMs because of library or other dependancy problems with most of the RPMs you pick up? The cure, in my experience is to pick up an SRPM. All you need to do to build a binary package tailored to your system is run "rpm --rebuild <packagename>.src.rpm". I've just put up an SRPM of the 2.1b2 release at: ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/SRPMS/ Again, this one builds the executable as "python2.1", and can be installed along-side your normal Python on the system. Want to check out a great new feature? Type "python2.1 /usr/bin/pydoc string". Download the SRPM from above, and most users can install a binary built against exactly the set of packages on their system by doing: rpm --rebuild python-2.1b2-1tummy.src.rpm rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/python*2.1b1-1tummy.i386.rpm Note that this release enables "--with-pymalloc". If you experience problems with modules you use, please report the module and how it can be reproduced so that these issues can be taken care of. Enjoy, Sean -- Total strangers need love, too; and I'm stranger than most. Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python