The problem now seems to be in gnulib. libtool gives the message "This LT_INIT is from an earlier version." I am trying to get Gnu autotools to work for liblouisxml and liblouisutdml on a CentOS system that I am also using for Java development for BrailleBlaster. I installed the latest versions of autoconf automake and libtool with the usual commands, configure, make, make install. Apparently they didn't install themselves correctly. Now I know what it feels like to fight with a system. All I want is for this thikng to work, so i can get on to coding. John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software and to download it go to http://www.jjb-software.com