I thought I would pass on the good news; http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03/09/18/158209.shtml?tid=52 http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html Can be used to search Debain packages so if your having problems finding a package with apt-cache search, you can give this one a shot. It's good to have more than one way to search for Debian packages. Rthoreau