Opps, sorry Graeme about the credit for the HOW-TO-mind not quite with it yesterday.
Yes in regards to your questions. I have picked the rpms straight from your contirb. directory on the ftp. Today I downloaded them againand reburnt them onto a CD for transfer (has worked fine thus far with .rpms ) in case problem was the result of corrupt files.
Ran the commands as listed, saw the hash symbols, system rebooted and midway through reboot, a screen pops up saying configs are being updated. Then when system is loaded, I check the manager from another PC but still nothing new-tried refreshing the page, rebooting etc but still stubbornly refuses to install.
I have installed many of the other contribs fine and they appear in the manager OK - possible one of those is the cause ?
Thank you for your help.