no I don't really remember what was on the extras, but it probably has lesstif since it had all my favorite apps and one of them is DDD which uses lesstif.

not sure about lesstif-devel though, so you might still need to get it from the net.

Contrib is the name of Mandrake's extra package repository, you'll find it on all mandrake mirrors, it has thousands of extra packages not available on the CDs.

but you don't download from Contrib manually, instead you configure the package manager to look for packages there and download them for you.

you can configure your package manager and add a Contrib mirror by following the easy urpmi wizard

after installing lesstif-devel it did not cry asking for motif or anything.

essential reading for Mandrake newbies, please try to read these before asking further questions.

• The drake wizards
• Mandrake package management from the command line

cheers, Alaa

http://www.manalaa.net "i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"