In /var/lib/dpkg do you have any -old files? You could copy those and replace the broken files. If no, there are other ways, but they're ummm...complicated and involve alot of --force-*. :) Go for the easy one first... Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org "We can learn much more from wise words, little from wisecracks and less from wise guys." --William Arthur Ward