Detlef> This is maybe not the same problem that Zooko had, but bsddb Detlef> doesn't build on my Linux 2.4.10 (SuSE 7.3) box either where Detlef> Sleepycat db-4.1.25 was installed from the sources. It puts Detlef> db.h under /usr/local/include per default where Python's Detlef> setup.py doesn't find it. zooko> This *was* the same problem that I had. zooko> The solution ("workaround"?) is to install bsddb in zooko> `/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1'. I've been resistant to adding /usr/include and /usr/lib to the search path in setup.py because some platforms still ship with Berkeley DB 1.85 in those directories. If you can supply a patch to setup.py which will only allow db3 or 4 to be used to link the bsddb module, I will see about adding /usr/include and /usr/lib to the bsddb module search path for 2.3.1. Anything you come up with should also allow the bsddb185 module to build with db2, 3 or 4, but require a simple tweak to setup.py (perhaps a variable setting change at the top of the file) to build it with db1.85. Skip