Folks, It seems libwww-perl uses URI.pm before checking for its existance, unlike its treatment of HTML::Parser, MIME::Base64, Net::FTP and Digest::MD5. If URI is not-yet-installed, the error msgs are quite tacky. Hope you can fix it. Ron Savage Work (preferred): Savage.Ron.RS@bhp.com.au Home: rpsavage@ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rpsavage