Which is the old library which make the problem? Did you check that Potato is missing that ? ( maybe in the section oldlibs ? )
If it is missing, you can try something like this ( I never did it, but should work AFAIK ) : * Extract the library from the package (using Midnight Commander or dpkg ) and put it in, say, /usr/local/oldlibs * Create a shell file in /usr/local/bin, say fixed_applix, with these commands : #!/bin/bash export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/oldlibs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH applix_start # or whatever is the command to start applix * To start applix, execute fixed_applix This should make applix, and only applix, use the libraries in /usr/local/oldlibs before looking for them in other places. HIH Ciao. -- FB

