The qgis-trunk package build to this point Scanning dependencies of target synccrsdb ../../output/bin/crssync: error while loading shared libraries: libqgis_core.so.1.9.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [src/crssync/CMakeFiles/synccrsdb] Error 127 make[1]: *** [src/crssync/CMakeFiles/synccrsdb.dir/all] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 In searching for a solution I found a this solution [ error while loading shared libraries: libqgis_core.so.1.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory If you have this error while loading a compiled qgis, you can try this: # get the full lib path, for example "/home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/lib/" (no wildcard ~) # copy this path to a new file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/qgis.conf (on Ubuntu distribution. This can change a bit) sudo su echo "/home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/lib/" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/qgis.conf exit # ldconfig sudo ldconfig # verify with ldd ldd /home/myusername/src/qgis/Quantum-GIS/build/bin/qgis | grep "libqgis" ] here -> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Building_QGIS_from_Source This is one of my weaker areas. Is this the correct solution or is there a better way to do this? I really don't want to f'up my box after successfully negotiating the latest upgrades. Thanks for any assistance. Mya -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!