Hello Paul :) I have no idea why libguppi is making so much trouble, but what about the idea to test-install a (unfortunately german ;) rpm-package of 1.8.2 compiled with SuSE 8.1 to check if this binary can link the libguppi at runtime?! You can find it at http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=261 Perhaps this can give some more clues. :) stefan