My experience installing ldtp on Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4 1. Praveen A (J4V4M4N) checked out the entire ldtp project(s) for me (Thank you buddy) 2. I compiled the ldtp project (not pyldtp)  Procedure:  cd ~harsha/ldtp  ./autogen.sh  ./configure  # make  (# means run as root)  # make install  cd python  # ./setup.py build  # ./setup.py install   3. I discoverd i had python:  Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 11:44:49)  [GCC 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)] on linux2  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. 4. I installed python2.4 rpms (core and devel) 5. I set the <logfile>/home/harsha/EXAMPLES/gedit/gedit-log.xml</logfile> values in gedit-execution.xml 5. Then I tried executing gedit-execution.xml 6. I got a log message saying python imaging library (PIL) is not installed 7. I downloaded PIL and again ran  # python2.4 ~harsha/PIL/setup.py build  # ~harsha/PIL/setup.py install 8. again i ran  $ cd ~harsha/ldtp/python  # python2.4 ./setup.py build  # python2.4 setup.py install  running install  running build  running build_py  running install_lib  copying build/lib/ldtputils.py -> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages  copying build/lib/ldtp.py -> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages  byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ldtputils.py to ldtputils.pyc  byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ldtp.py to ldtp.pyc  running install_data   and gldap.py got copied to /usr/bin 9. Now I went to Start Menu/Preferences/Accesibility/Assistive Technology Support <click>    in the window that appears select "Enable Assistive Technology Support" and say ok 10. I opened one more terminal and typed  $ ldtp &  (server should run right)   11. I opened gedit application <div>12. now cd ~harsha/EXAMPLES/gedit 13  run the command  $ python2.4 /usr/bin/gldap.py gedit-execution.xml   14. and the Magic started to happen Hurray Yummy yummy!!!   I am happy ;)  </div> -- Cheers!! Harsha Reddy God may forgive us our SINS, but the Nervous System never does that