I guess this topic has been asked more than once, but I do have a specific problem. If you don't want to answer my question directly, please refer me to the appropriate archive posting/website. I have just bought Linux Format magazine with the precomilled SuSE binaries for KDE 3.1 on them. When I follow their instructions: linux:/home/george/progs/suse # rpm -Fhv *.rpm i18n/*.rpm the result is this: file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/image/x-pcx.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.1-46 conflicts with file from package pixieplus-kde-0.3-254 I don't understand why. I have tried renaming and deleting the file, but it still comes up with the error. If I am doing it wrong please let me know, as I will have to tell them at linux format. many thanks George The contents of the directory are as follows: /home/george/progs/suse . kdemultimedia3-midi-31-46i5.rpm .. kdemultimedia3-sound-31-46i.rpm arts-11-49i586.rpm kdemultimedia3-video-31-46i.rpm arts-devel-11-49i586.rpm kdenetwork3-31-61i586.rpm arts-gmcop-11-49i586.rpm kdenetwork3-chat-31-61i586.rpm i18n kdenetwork3-devel-31-61i586.rpm kdeaddons3-games-31-10i586.rpm kdenetwork3-dialup-31-61i58.rpm kdeaddons3-kate-31-46i586.rpm kdenetwork3-lan-31-61i586.rpm kdeaddons3-kicker-31-46i586.rpm kdenetwork3-lisa-31-61i586.rpm kdeaddons3-konqueror-31-46i.rpm kdenetwork3-mail-31-61i586.rpm kdeaddons3-sound-31-46i586.rpm kdenetwork3-news-31-61i586.rpm kdeadmin3-31-51i586.rpm kdenetwork3-query-31-61i586.rpm kdeartwork3-31-62i586.rpm kdepim3-31-62i586.rpm kdeartwork3-sound-31-62i586.rpm kdepim3-kpilot-31-62i586.rpm kdeartwork3-xscreensaver-31.rpm kdepim3-organizer-31-62i586.rpm kdebase3-31-51i586.rpm kdepim3-sync-31-62i586.rpm kdebase3-devel-31-51i586.rpm kdepim3-time-management-31-.rpm kdebase3-extra-31-51i586.rpm kdesdk3-31-65i586.rpm kdebase3-kdm-31-51i586.rpm kdesdk3-devel-31-65i586.rpm kdebase3-ksysguardd-31-51i5.rpm kdesdk3-translate-31-65i586.rpm kdebase3-nsplugin-31-51i586.rpm kdetoys3-31-61i586.rpm kdebase3-samba-31-51i586.rpm kdeutils3-31-58i586.rpm kdebindings3-c-31-33i586.rpm kdeutils3-devel-31-58i586.rpm kdebindings3-java-31-33i586.rpm kdeutils3-extra-31-58i586.rpm kdebindings3-mozilla-31-33i.rpm kdeutils3-laptop-31-58i586.rpm kdeedu3-31-63i586.rpm libart_lgpl-2310-75i586.rpm kdegames3-31-62i586.rpm libart_lgpl-devel-2310-75i5.rpm kdegames3-arcade-31-62i586.rpm libxml2-251-1i586.rpm kdegames3-board-31-62i586.rpm libxml2-devel-251-1i586.rpm kdegames3-card-31-62i586.rpm libxslt-1023-25i586.rpm kdegames3-tactic-31-62i586.rpm libxslt-devel-1023-25i586.rpm kdegraphics3-31-62i586.rpm qt3-311-15i586.rpm kdegraphics3-devel-31-62i58.rpm qt3-devel-311-15i586.rpm kdegraphics3-extra-31-62i58.rpm qt3-devel-doc-311-15i586.rpm kdegraphics3-fax-31-62i586.rpm qt3-devel-tools-311-16i586.rpm kdegraphics3-kamera-31-62i5.rpm qt3-extensions-311-16i586.rpm kdegraphics3-postscript-31-.rpm qt3-man-311-16i586.rpm kdegraphics3-tex-31-62i586.rpm qt3-mysql-311-16i586.rpm kdegraphics3-viewer-31-62i5.rpm qt3-non-mt-311-18i586.rpm kdelibs3-31-46i586.rpm qt3-postgresql-311-16i586.rpm kdelibs3-cups-31-46i586.rpm qt3-unixodbc-311-16i586.rpm kdelibs3-devel-31-46i586.rpm quanta-31-61i586.rpm kdelibs3-devel-doc-31-46i58.rpm x-pcx.desktop kdemultimedia3-devel-31-62i.rpm /home/george/progs/suse/i18n . kde3-i18n-lt-31-0noarch.rpm .. kde3-i18n-mt-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-af-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-nb-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ar-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-nl-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-bg-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-nn-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-bs-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-pl-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ca-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-pt-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-cs-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ro-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-da-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ru-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-de-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-sk-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-el-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-sl-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-en_gb-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-sr-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-eo-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-sv-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-es-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ta-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-et-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-th-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-eu-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-tr-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-fi-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-uk-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-fr-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-vi-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-he-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-xh-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-hu-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-zh_cn-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-it-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-zh_tw-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-ja-31-0noarch.rpm kde3-i18n-zu-31-0noarch.rpm