Hello, I am new to Linux. I am running SUSE 9.0 personal. I want to install some source RPMs. So, I downloaded two of them from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.0/suse/src When I tried (having su'ed to root) rpmbuild --rebuild ./aide-0.9-189.src.rpm it returns installing ./aide-0.9-189.src.rpm error: ./aide-0.9-189.src.rpm cannot be installed When I tried rpmbuild --rebuild ./ethereal-0.9.114-86.src.rpm I eventually get checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. checking for glib-config... no checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.0... no *** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found *** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to glib-config. configure: error: GLib distribution not found. error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.98608 (%build) I checked using YAST, and both glib and gtk are installed, but I could locate neither lib-config nor using a find command. How should one go about installing source RPMs? I have never installed one before. John ________________________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk