To install gnome-apt, you had to install the new packaging of apt 0.3.0, which is misleading because it has the same version number as the one you had before. This new version doesn't have an ftp method (I believe it was taken off because it was somehow broken). []s, |alo +---- -- I am Lalo of deB-org. You will be freed. Resistance is futile. http://www.webcom.com/lalo mailto:lalo@webcom.com pgp key in the web page Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org