hi i can assure you that this works. user@box:/usr/lib/eclipse/plugins/org.apache.ant_1.6.5$ ls -l drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-18 20:30 about_files -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3937 2008-03-09 15:47 about.html drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-18 20:30 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-04-18 20:30 etc =====> this is the link i created, it points eclipse at 1.6.5's jar files lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2008-04-20 21:21 lib -> ///lib/java/apache-ant-1.6.5/lib =====> this is the renamed lib directory, it contains relative links to the /usr/share/ant/lib/*.jar files (1.7.x) drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-18 20:30 lib.new drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-18 20:30 META-INF -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 583 2008-03-09 15:47 plugin.properties besides, as has been suggested, there are other workarounds. you can run it from the command line. as such it is an annoyance, but not particularly a product flaw (i should know, i work in development support). On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:59 AM, todor