apt4rpm is available for all rpm-based distros, Mandrake included. I just double checked to make sure there is at least one Mandrake repository, and there is. Search for "apt4rpm Mandrake" or similar on google and you should find helpful stuff for you to do this. I'm running Red Hat myself, so I don't have Mandrake-specific information, but getting it up and running on my system was painless and easy, and well worth it. Lorry What a fine Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 04:27:11PM -0500 it was when Ben Stallings said: > I've heard that there's a better utility for updating RPMs under Red Hat, > that automatically downloads all necessary files... is something like that > available for Mandrake as well? Thanks in advance. --Ben