Hi, > Using --without-zlib doesn't help... > > Am I the first to try this? I am using Sword 1.5.7a not a CVS version. Sword 1.5.7 contains some bugs which prevent that it work on 64 bits. Current 1.5.8 has been tested on 64 bits and will be out in the next few days (hopefully :) BibleTime should work on 64 bits, too (afaik). Joachim