Kpackage handles RPM, Debian and various other packages, it is used for displaying currently installed packages, uninstalling them and installing new ones. For kpackage to work correctly with RPM packages the RPM database must be initialised. If typing `rpm -qa' gives an error about `unable to open....` then try `rpm --rebuilddb'. Toivo Pedaste (toivo@ucs.uwa.edu.au)