Thanks to everybody who replied on this, and especially for the examples. Craig wrote: > php-mysql is packaged as part of CentOS base > repository and thus if 'yum install php-mysql' > doesn't work...you don't have a working setup. I finally got php-mysql, but only after I enabled the CentOS "Plus" channel. Go figure . . . Next challenge was php-jpgraph, on the "dag" repo. When I did "yum install" it failed, but I noticed this message: Reducing Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux to included packages only So I compared my dag.repo file with Craig's, and it had an "includepkgs" list left over from when I originally set up that repo for a specific application. I removed that, and everything works. Is there a query to tell where I got each item? Thanks again! Vic --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss