The "common" subdirectory references was caused by me fiddling around. The errors should read: /dev/shm/tdesdk/kbabel/kbabel/kbabelview.cpp:40:38: error: kbprojectsettings.h: No such file or directory /dev/shm/tdesdk/kbabel/kbabel/kbabelview.cpp:106:21: error: version.h: No such file or directory Darrell