hi all, i tried to install iproute this time differently on my RedHat7.3 system... i downloaded db4-1s24, build it & then tried to install iproute ver -- ss-020116... providing the path to db4 include files in Makefile of iproute but it gavethis error... gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -O3 -Wstrict-prototypes -Wall -g -I../include-glibc -I/usr/local/include/db4 -include ../include-glibc/glibc-bugs.h -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include -I../include -DRESOLVE_HOSTNAMES -o arpd arpd.o ../lib/libnetlink.a ../lib/libutil.a -ldb /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [arpd] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/iproute2/misc'' make: *** [all] Error 2 earlier using default db3 rpms i didnt get these errors...i used the same procedure--installing db4..using ldconfig for lib file & placing the include file is include dir--by this i could install it in slackware... what this error means ???..how i can i solve it .. ? A.H _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/