Marco, The other thing I would add to the linux+curses issue in getting ifeffit to compile is to use your distribution's installation manager to install all the various curses options. That includes ncurses, termlib, and termcap. On my SUSE and kubuntu machines, ncurses seems to be the one that works best with the ifeffit build. But ncurses might not get installed by default. (Annoying, but once you figure it out, you won't have to deal with it again when you update ifeffit!) B -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- bravel@anl.gov -or- ravel@phys.washington.edu Environmental Research Division, Building 203, Room E-165 Argonne National Laboratory phone and voice mail: (1) 630 252 5033 Argonne IL 60439, USA fax: (1) 630 252 9793 My homepage: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/