Thanks Ray. I noticed that Sid's version of gnumeric depended on xlibs 4.1. Does your time calculation ("as little as 5 days") include the dependencies as well? -- Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.