thanks for the reply. I had the same suspicion, but accoroding to the list of installed packages, "gettext-base" was installed. Or is there a difference between "gettext" and "gettext-base"? pimsleur-review http://pimsleur-review.com learn-language learn language learnspanishonline www.learnspanishonline.ws learn-french http://www.learn-frencby lilylara - Displays