Hi, Just do this. It should work. It's worked for a number of people that I have helped with the same problem on IRC at irc.openprojects.net in #debian. If you visit there, come and say hi to me :-). My nick is longshot. cd /var/cahce/apt/archives dpkg -i libb2* libdb3* HTH and Good Luck, Jimmy Richards UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. --Dennis Ritchie