I've been unable to upgrade PyQt from version 3.0-127, which is installed, to version 3.3.2-3, which recently appeared in the supplementary/KDE ftp dir. I've been trying for some time to upgrade with each new version that appears, but the dependency on sip keeps tripping me up since I've not been able to locate the appropriate version of sip. The error msg from "apt-get -s install PyQt" is: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: PyQt: Depends: sip (= 3.3.2) but 3.0-196 is to be installed Depends: libsip.so.9 but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages Where can I get a [preferably SuSE] sip-3.3.2 RPM? [WARNING: Rant Alert!] It's little things like this that keep tripping me up and, if I build my own packages from primary sources, then I'm stuck with continuing to maintain them as new sources are released. I've done this for years in similar ways on non-linux systems and have grown weary of it. Having a disto where everything is integrated for you is truly a huge benefit with all the packages that are available for linux. However, these perpetual little problems are like sand in my shoes and, after a while, my feet get sore (so to speak). Another example where multiple packages are interdependent but are not commonly available together in the needed revisions is Mozilla*/Galeon/Nautilus/???. Presently, Galeon bombs out when started even though all the dependencies are met (according to APT/RPM). I've encountered others, but am too tired to think of them at present. Oh yeah, why does SuSE ship Evolution -without- the gnome-pilot package(s)? Evolution is useless to me as a result and I'm not about to get into the Ximian dependency hell [again - I've been there before]. Sorry for the rant. This has been building up for awhile. I've been trying to get my system to a useable state for many -months- now and am still struggling. It just is hitting me how much time I've been spending in my attempts to get my system sorted out so I cat get some real work done and how far I still have to go! [sigh ...]. I'm still trying to sort how much of my problem is my attempted system/SW setup, how much is me and my [lack of] abilities, how much is SUSE and how much is simply the present state of Linux. Most likely some of all of the above. Phil -- Philip Amadeo Saeli SuSE Linux 8.0 psaeli@zorodyne.com