Thanks - works now. One thing - the python plugin is automagicly installed now, but I got a python mismatch error in the plugin because there were lines in the plugin makefile which point to version 1.5 and version 2.1 of the library. I had running python code which wasn't executing because the plugin seems to look to version 1.5 python modules first but the plugin used the 2.1 Python.h. I had to edit out the 1.5 entries in the Makefile to get things to work (but now have all the plugins working - including IPO (I had missed editing the second entry last try) and one of my own). Could the make file be changed to link to the highest python version - or the version used for Python.h instead of both? (thinking for redhat system have to keep 1.5 around but install python2...) The lines in the makefile are: PYTHON_LIB plugin_python_la_LIBADD