> > On Apr 11, 1:25am, Kevin Brown wrote: > ... > > libEQ.a: could not read symbols: File format not recognized > > > Here are my guesses: > ok, I'll add a thing to try - say file libEQ.a and see what it says. If it says 'data' or some such then indeed its probably an archive for another machine. Where did you get the tar file from? And what platform is it supposed to be for? rusty