Success! First of all, a big THANK-YOU! to this list! The suggestions helped me install Applix. I have to say that it took a little bit from each suggestion to finally get it to work. Also I still have one very small problem with the program: it can't find the 12 pt Helvetica font.
Overview: I used Michael Smiths suggestion and mounted the cdrom as -o exec: executable. Though I'm frustrated with the support person at applix, they did offer that I should put /mnt/cdrom/RPMS in the path so the install script could find cpio. The command ./setup does NOT work, as rpm isn't installed. So you have to use the install script instead. I ended up using the install script on the cdrom. The first time, the script failed as it couldn't create /opt. So I did a "mkdir /opt" and then re-ran the script and then it worked. 1) su root 1a) mkdir /opt 'if it doesn't exist 2) mount -t iso9660 -o exec /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3) export PATH=$PATH:/mnt/cdrom/RPMS 4) cd /mnt/cdrom/RPMS 5) ./install.bsh -rpm2cpio It took me awhile to figure out how to start the program. The provided manual does not bother to explain this! I suppose if I had been able to run the setup program, an entry to the gnome menu might have been made. In a terminal I did: cd /opt/applix ./applix This started the applixware iconbar. WITH ONE PROBLEM! I now get an error every time that says something about not being able to find 12 point Font Helvetica on my system. Suggestions on how to add this font? Bill -- Bill Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]