I have always 2 trouble when compilin The Gimp: 1 - minor devel-docs/pdb/Makefile sed: ./devel-docs/pdb/Makefile.in: No such file or directory Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: po/Makefile.PL po/update.sh Please inform the author. 2 - more important! /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd/auto/Gimp/Lib/Lib.so: Undefined symbol "gettext" LibGimp-WARNING **: gimp: wire_read: unexpected EOF Solved : in gimp-1.1.30/plug-ins/perl/Gimp/Makefile added the -lintl option: OTHERLDFLAGS = -lintl Could you add it before The Gimp 1.2 ? It is only a warning but a lot of perl scripts don't work! -- <regisr> regisr@xxxxxxxxx http://regisr.regix.com/ Le mag: http://www.regix.com/