> The first person who sends a detailed set of instructions of what I need to > do to modify one of my Linux distros to get this thing working gets the > bucks. I'll even switch to Debian if that's the best solution. > > I know how to use tar, make etc... What I need are the right versions of > the required files and the order in which to do the changes. On Red Hat 7.2 you should just be able to grab the source rpm off source forge do rpm --install mjpegtools-blah cd /usr/src/redhat rpm -ba SPECS/mjpegtools rpm --install RPMS/i386/mjpegtools* Just talking about version conflicts without being more specific doesn't help anyone guess your problems