*-soname gb.so.0 -O1 -soname gb.so.0 -o .libs/gb.so.0.0.0 gcc: gb.so.0: No such file or directory gcc: unrecognized option '-soname' anyone got any clues. I've just put a new hdd in my laptop and did a total new re-install of kde4.3. This version did compile on my old system with was kde 3.5 Thanks. Richard *