Rod, On my SuSE 7.0 system, as root, I ran this:
linux002:~ # rpm -qa | grep python. python-1.5.2-238 linux002:~ # So to remove it (I don't want to) I would use `rpm --erase python-1.5.2-238`. Then install the new one with `./configure && make && make install` Regards, Dougie Lawson -- ITS Technical Support Enterprise/ASSIST SupportLine for IMS, DB2 & Linux