Please can anybody tell me the reason for this error message and where i get the files 'make' is looking for? Running Mkbootstrap for Gimp::Lib () chmod 644 Lib.bs LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/local/lib" cc -o ../blib/arch/auto/Gimp/Lib/Lib.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib -L./../../../libgimp/.libs -Lirprefix/../../libgimp -lgimp -L/usr/local/lib -lglib /intl/libintl.a Lib.o cc: /intl/libintl.a: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [../blib/arch/auto/Gimp/Lib/Lib.so] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gimp-1.1.17/plug-ins/perl/Gimp' thanks, martin