howdy, there is some sort of bug in the version of libstdc++2.9 in my system, so i extracted the archive to a temporary folder and manually copied the necessary files in to /usr/lib and /usr/doc to make things work. now when i run apt-get upgrade, it tells me: 2 packages not fully installed or removed. 8751762,8625568 How odd.. The sizes didn't match, email apt@packages.debian.org so, there. i emailed you. good luck, brian szymanski bks10@cornell.edu