did you try to use only emerge automake
Hi - Yes I did. Afterwards # ls /usr/bin/automak* /usr/bin/automake /usr/bin/automake-1.9 If I then rerun # emerge gtk+ I get the same error. It seems I must have automake-1.7 to continue. I'm really stuck at the moment so any help would be really appreciated. "It's better to be thought a fool rather than open your mouth and prove it." This quote is aimed at myself ... my system was not synced properly. When I: # emerge sync # emerge -Du world All my problems went away. Sorry to waste everyone's time. Richard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.2 - Release Date: 2/05/2005 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list