well, i think it is in the right place, i mean i have compiled other .so files, and they seem to work... i also do not have root on the system, but the permissions are right.

i dont know if using CPAN would work... i only have write permission to my ~me directory... thanks for the reply.

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also, is there a way that i can compile the .so file on my linux box for solaris?? i dont think so, but who knows...