my apologies, i forgot to include the main line: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main
which is also in my sources.list ...just forgot to copy it. -- Cannot install libgtk2.0-dev on Dapper. https://launchpad.net/bugs/54750 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
