<snip> > but krb5 is not a requirement in Slackware. > > Let me know what you need. > </snip> That was part of it! ;-) Is the previously mentioned error still occurring in the virtual machine build? It may have originally arisen due to the old KDE3.5.10 header files, and krb5 may be a red herring. I will wait for the build log from the virtual machine before passing judgment. Tim