...snip... ¤ ¤ You need to install the readline41 package ¤ (readline41-4.1-10.ia64.rpm) ¤ which is part of the Red Hat 7.2 distribution and provides ¤ the required ¤ library. ¤ ¤ Martyn ¤ ¤ Thanks - Are you shure the ia64 will work on an Alpha ? :-? Martin