Here is a more detailed description of the error from the config.log /sw/include/boost/numeric/ublas/vector_expression.hpp:1837: error: due to a defect in the G++ 3.2 ABI, G++ has assigned the same mangled name to two different types In file included from /sw/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix.hpp:23, from conftest.cc:67: /sw/include/boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_expression.hpp:5156: error: due to a defect in the G++ 3.2 ABI, G++ has assigned the same mangled name to two different types Thanks again, Becky ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Rebecca Bendick, Ph.D. Bullard Laboratories University of Cambridge Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE CB3 0EZ United Kingdom bendick@esc.cam.ac.uk