Hi Found the answer - sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin For those who might read the archives. Cheers -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: sillydilly at spamcop.net Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt 08:16:11 up 20:44, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.27, 0.32