I finally got it working! What I had to do was uninstall the proj-4.4.8-1.i386.rpm pkg and install the PROJ.4-4.4.1-1.i586.rpm pkg (older version from http://dl.maptools.org/dl/proj/). The shapelib-1.2.8-1.i586.rpm pkg then installed just fine. Thanks for everyone's help!! - Mark KC7KMP