/usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packagesWerner Bast wrote: I don't know about this error, but I know that your package index does _not_ get updated if you have the error Instead, the locally installed package index is copied to ~/.xemacs/. Your type error might be a follow-up error. In your situation, I would try to update EFS manually and see if the error still occurs. Fetch efs-1.33-pkg.tar.gz from the XEmacs package download, and unpack it in /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/. Restart XEmacs, and try to update the package index again. Maybe that helps. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany