Sirs, I have discovered that my printer for some reason omitted some characters from the mod Perl installation README file which caused subsequent compilation failures. I have now rectified this and the install looks ok. Apologies for any time wasted. Thanks. Regards, Jim _______________________________________________ BTcd Information Systems Engineering CORES Infrastructure Support * 0131-662 4724 * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * pp HWP186 PO Box 234 (HOM-EH) Edinburgh Midlothian , EH12 9UR _______________________________________________