Hi: Thank you for your inquiry regarding Demeter/C++. The developers who created Demeter/C++ have graduated from Northeastern University and we have no longer the expertise to answer questions about installing Demeter/C++ on various platforms. However, there is a solid group of Demeter/C++ users who might be able to help newcomers. Send mail to the unmoderated mailing list on adaptive programming: adaptive@ccs.neu.edu As replacement of Demeter/C++ we provide the source code of Demeter/Java which runs wherever Java runs. The source code for Demeter/Java is in a subdirectory of http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/sources/DemeterJava/inJava/ Currently, 0.4.6-JDK1.1/demjava-0.4.6.tar is the latest version. For more info, see: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/lieber/Demeter-and-Java.html Enjoy Demeter/Java. -- Karl Lieberherr