Pan requires gtkspell 2.0.2 or higher (http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net). A Mandrake 9.0 package (libgtkspell0-2.0.3-1mdk90) should be available at http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/extras/gtkspell/ The 'nospell' package have been compiled with spell checking disabled, and therefore do not require the gtkspell package. Pan also requires gnet 1.1.5 or higher. A Mandrake 9.0 package (libgnet1.1-1.1.8-1mdk90) should be available somewhere at http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/extras/ Alternatively, take a look at Texstar's sites. (URLs below.) These packages are built for Mandrake 9.0, using Mandrake's library naming conventions. Mandrake's menu file and icons are included. Using these packages on Mandrake 8.2 is possible, but this requires several packages from Mandrake 9.0, including: libatk1.0_0 libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0 libglib2.0_0 libgtk+-x11-2.0_0 libpango1.0_0 pango libxml2 If Pan is crashing freqently, upgrading pango/libpango1.0_0 to 1.0.5 or later may help. (This requires additional packages). See Texstar's mirrors for packages: http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/apt/Mandrake/RPMS.texstar/ http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms/