Christian Egli, I really think that the variable table_files in the Makefile.am in the tables directory exceeds the maximum length allowed for a variable. I'm pasting the file into this message. Of course, the tables could be gzipped into a single file, but then we would have to arrange for the file to be unzipped during build. What do you suggest? Oh, the error message. Make just gives a line number in Makefile.in and stops. I don't see anything enlightening when I look at that line. -------------------- table_files = \ ar-ar-g1.utb \ bg.ctb \ boxes.ctb \ chardefs.cti \ compress.ctb \ corrections.ctb \ countries.cti \ cy-cy-g1.utb \ cy-cy-g2.ctb \ Cz-Cz-g1.utb \ da-1252.ctb \ da.ctb \ da-lt.ctb \ dansk.dis \ dansk.utb \ de-chess.ctb \ de-de.dis \ de-de-g0.utb \ de-de-g1.ctb \ de-de-g2.ctb \ en_CA.ctb \ en-chess.ctb \ en-gb-g1.utb \ en-GB-g2.ctb \ en-us-brf.dis \ en-us-comp6.ctb \ en-us-comp8.ctb \ en-us-compbrl.ctb \ en-us-g1.ctb \ en-us-g1.utb \ en-us-g2.ctb \ en-us-interline.ctb \ en-us-mathtext.ctb \ eo.ctb \ Es-Es-g1.utb \ et.ctb \ eurodefs.cti \ fi1.ctb \ fi2.ctb \ fi-fi-8dot.ctb \ fi-fi.ctb \ fr-2007.ctb \ fr-bfu-comp6.utb \ fr-bfu-comp8.utb \ fr-ca-g1.utb \ Fr-Ca-g2.ctb \ fr-fr-g1.utb \ Fr-Fr-g2.ctb \ gd.ctb \ gr-bb.ctb \ gr-gr-g1.utb \ hi-in-g1.utb \ hr.ctb \ hy.ctb \ hyph_de_DE.dic \ hyph_en_US.dic \ hyph_es_ES.dic \ hyph_fr_FR.dic \ hyph_it_IT.dic \ hyph_nl_NL.dic \ hyph_no_NO.dic \ hyph_pl_PL.dic \ hyph_pt_PT.dic \ hyph_sv_SE.dic \ is.ctb \ it-it-g1.utb \ it-it-g1.utb2 \ lt.ctb \ Lv-Lv-g1.utb \ marburg.ctb \ marburgdefs.cti \ marburg_edit.ctb \ nemeth.ctb \ nemethdefs.cti \ nemeth_edit.ctb \ nl-be-g1.utb \ Nl-Nl-g1.utb \ no-gen.dis \ no-no.dis \ No-No-g0.utb \ No-No-g1.ctb \ No-No-g2.ctb \ No-No-g3.ctb \ Pl-Pl-g1.utb \ printables.cti \ Pt-Pt-g1.utb \ ro.ctb \ ru.ctb \ se-se.dis \ Se-Se-g1.utb \ sk-sk-g1.utb \ sk-sk.utb \ spaces.ctb \ text_nabcc.dis \ tr.ctb \ UEBC-g1.utb \ UEBC-g2.ctb \ ukchardefs.cti \ unicodedefs.cti \ uni-text.dis \ vi.ctb \ zh-tw.ctb tablesdir = $(sysconfdir)/liblouis/tables tables_DATA = $(table_files) EXTRA_DIST = $(table_files) -- My websites: http://www.godtouches.org http://www.jjb-software.com Location: Madison, WI, USA For a description of the software and to download it go to http://www.jjb-software.com