It's almost certainly the mysql rpms that are the problem. The way I managed finally to get mysql itself working was by installing the binary package that was stored in a .tar.gz file. I'm using slackware 9_0 though. Now if you do it that way, look at /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql.h or just type locate mysql.h on your system to see if that header file can be found first. -- Registered as user #315636 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/! _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list