[root@cooker root]# rpm -q perl package perl is not installed [root@cooker root]# rpm -qa | grep perl perl-MDK-Common-1.0.2-1mdk perl-gettext-1.0-9mdk perl-base-5.601-4mdk perl-GTK-0.7008-5mdk perl-GTK-GdkImlib-0.7008-5mdk [root@cooker root]# rpm -q rpm rpm-4.0.3-0.19mdk I've installed openssh and rpm still thinks it is not installed. Some packages are shown as installed some not. -andrej