Hi, there may be a dependency problem, or a linking problem.
The linking problem may be based on the dependants. (spelling glitch in my head today, sorry.)
Are you using a current kernel?
Type uname -a to see the version.
The other thing is the age/version of the tarballs you're trying to install.
What are the dates for the tar balls? Maybe they rely on deps that would normally be included with a newer version of the kernel and system files, like tar, unzip, etc.
I too used mandy 2007 at one point, but it really has shifted on it's axis as far as deps are concerned.
try ldconfig, a linking tool.
there is an other I use when this happends to my system, symlinks
look up these, I use them like this.
ldconfig -Cfrv (use cache as cache, use conf as conf, root, verbose)
symlinks -csrv / (directory, generally /, /lib and /lib64)
Hope this helps.
btw, I still have trouble installing some source packages, like jamin, qjackctl (jackd) and amarok2.
Regards Glenn