Hi, For me... it was real hard ;-)... echo "Making DCOracle 1.1.0" cd /usr/local/src rm -rf DCOracle-1.1.0-nonbin tar xvfz gz/DCOracle-1.1.0-nonbin.tgz cd DCOracle-1.1.0-nonbin/src cp Setup-8.0.4 Setup-8.0.5 echo "- create Setup-8.0.5" ed Setup-8.0.5 << EOF /-lsocket/ s/-lsocket -lnsl -lgen -ldl -lelf -laio -lposix4 // w q EOF echo "- build extension" cp Setup-8.0.5 Setup cp Makefile.pre.in-1.5 Makefile.pre.in make -f Makefile.pre.in boot PYTHON=python make make install python DCOracle_test.py <user>/<pw>@<db> where <user>, <pw> and <db> were local here. Sweet!! -- Cheers, --ldl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LD Landis ldl@HealthPartners.Com N0YRQ Voice 612/883-5511 Fax 612/883-6363 HealthPartners, 8100 34th Avenue So, PO Box 1309, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309 Shape your life not from your memories, but from your hopes. (Borrowed) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------