ok so i am configuring php and gettign this error configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's here is what i am using to configure. ( i even change the /usr/include/openssl location after doing a locate so i use this path. ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-openssl=/usr/include/openssl --with-zlib --with-bz2 --enable-ftp --with-gd --with-jpeg --with-png --with-gettext --with-mime-magic --with-mysql i went on furthur and happen to realise the the rpm install is a 686 arch Looking in Available Packages: Name Arch Version Repo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- openssl i386 0.9.7a-33.17 base openssl-perl i386 0.9.7a-33.17 base openssl096b i386 0.9.6b-16.42 update Looking in Installed Packages: Name Arch Version Repo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- openssl i686 0.9.7a-33.17 db openssl-devel i386 0.9.7a-33.17 db [root@localhost php-4.4.1]# rpm -e openssl error: Failed dependencies: