Brian Candler wrote: > OK, probably missing headers as Daniel said. Try: > > apt-cache search stdc++ | grep dev > > On my 10.04 box I have libstdc++6-4.4-dev, but it may be different for > you. > > Note that Ubuntu 7.10 went end-of-life in April 2009, so you really need > to upgrade that box. You won't be getting any critical security updates. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > A single upgrade to 8.04 will get you support until April next year, and > from there you can upgrade directly to 10.04. > > Regards, > > Brian. thanks i will try it - am using 7.10 as it was the last stable release for LinuxMCE. the command returns libstdc++5-3.3-dev -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.