Some time ago I attempted to setup apt4rpm, but gave up in frustration. Since there has been a lot of interest expressed on this list recently about apt4rpm, I thought I would try again. I have downloaded and installed the following rpms: apt-0.3.19CVS-20011212.i386.rpm apt4rpm-0.50-1.i386.rpm libapt-0.3.19CVS-20011212.i386.rpm netselect-0.2-1.i386.rpm perl-XML-Simple-1.08_01-3.i386.rpm I have read everything I can find on apt-get and/or apt4rpm and followed the setup and configuration instructions (most of which I can't pretend to understand) as closely as possible. Now I am stuck trying to build the initial database. When I run aptate I get: XMLin() requires either XML::SAX or XML::Parser at /usr/bin/aptate.pl line 119 error: incorrect config file "/etc/apt//aptate.conf" EXITVALUE: 11 Could someone please tell me where I am going wrong and point me in the right direction to finally get this thing working? TIA Dave SuSE 8.0 Kernel 2.4.18