OK sorry I did not give all the information. Yes I was in root Yes I was in the directory that the file is in I will go back and try again with dpkg -i* and also dpkg -i minic(tab) it is the only file in that directory.. I did that to make sure I didnt stuff something else up.
unfortunately amongst doing other things around the home etc it also takes a little more time till I get a modem here and dont have to keep rebooting to go from Linux to email. Alan
