I just upgraded my version of rpm on redhat 6.2 because openssh was not playing nice with my old one. Now after I installed the newest version of rpm I issued "rpm --rebuilddb" command to update my database. However, rpm still connot read my database. Any ideas (beside the obvious, apt-get). Thanks a ton. - Joel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." - Dr. Robert Jastrow Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies