David, Thanks for your answer. I am very new to Linux and Unix. I have read a bit about the diferent libraries and I have created a couple of symbolic links but I am not clear about this part of your message. > mkdir /usr/local/StarOffice > mkdir /usr/local/StarOffice/lib > ln -s libc.so.5 libXpm.so.4 > ln -s /lib/libc.so.5.4.38 libc.so.5 What is my current directory when I make these links. What do they actually mean? Thanks Dave