After the user install failed, I tried to delete a previous installation in the user directory. It would not let me remove the folders to the recycle bin. I am not sure what caused this.
I think Bill's suggestion of not being able to write to ~addons is correct because none of the output folloing the install 'gtkide' appeared in the console, nor any messages. I have since erased the folders and a clean user install into new directories worked OK Fraser ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
