thanks guys - the removal worked fine - however there is a new problem - i am still relying on your expertise

michael@michael-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo ./maemo-scratchbox-install_4.1.2.sh
This script will install Scratchbox 1.0.11 'apophis' release to your computer.

Install options
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Install from packages=apt
Scratchbox install path=/scratchbox
Scratchbox group=sbox
armel compiler=cs2005q3.2-glibc2.5-arm
i386 compiler=cs2005q3.2-glibc2.5-i386
armel devkits=perl:debian-etch:maemo3-tools:cputransp
i386 devkits=perl:debian-etch:maemo3-tools
armel CPU transparency=qemu-arm-0.8.2-sb2

Checking for prerequisites
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Running as user root... yes
Not running as user root inside fakeroot... yes
Running outside of scratchbox... yes
Running on Linux kernel... yes
Running on i386 architecture... yes
Host kernel binfmt_misc support... yes
Host kernel VDSO support... yes
No host kernel SELinux extensions... yes
Host kernel local IPv4 port range... yes
Scratchbox installation not existing... yes
No conflicting binfmt_misc interpreter... yes
Scratchbox user names... yes

Everything seems to be ok.
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Ign http://scratchbox.org maemo4-sdk Release.gpg
Ign http://scratchbox.org maemo4-sdk/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release [49.6kB]
Get:3 http://scratchbox.org maemo4-sdk Release [234B]
Ign http://scratchbox.org maemo4-sdk/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://scratchbox.org maemo4-sdk/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages [46.9kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources [16.6kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages [15.0kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources [4036B]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages [675B]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources [639B]
Fetched 134kB in 2s (44.6kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
scratchbox-libs is already the newest version.
scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc2.5-arm is already the newest version.
scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc2.5-i386 is already the newest version.
scratchbox-toolchain-host-gcc is already the newest version.
Suggested packages:
nfs-server dialog
The following NEW packages will be installed:
scratchbox-core scratchbox-devkit-cputransp scratchbox-devkit-debian
scratchbox-devkit-doctools scratchbox-devkit-maemo3 scratchbox-devkit-perl
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/203MB of archives.
After this operation, 654MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
scratchbox-core scratchbox-devkit-cputransp scratchbox-devkit-debian
scratchbox-devkit-doctools scratchbox-devkit-maemo3 scratchbox-devkit-perl
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-core.
(Reading database ... 116627 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking scratchbox-core (from .../scratchbox-core_1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-devkit-cputransp.
Unpacking scratchbox-devkit-cputransp (from .../scratchbox-devkit-cputransp_1.0.7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-devkit-debian.
Unpacking scratchbox-devkit-debian (from .../scratchbox-devkit-debian_1.0.10_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-devkit-doctools.
Unpacking scratchbox-devkit-doctools (from .../scratchbox-devkit-doctools_1.0.7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-devkit-maemo3.
Unpacking scratchbox-devkit-maemo3 (from .../scratchbox-devkit-maemo3_1.0.3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package scratchbox-devkit-perl.
Unpacking scratchbox-devkit-perl (from .../scratchbox-devkit-perl_1.0.4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up scratchbox-core (1.0.11) ...
Creating group "sbox"...
No users were chosen, so no users were added to Scratchbox.
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/scratchbox-core missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Starting Scratchbox: binfmt_misc, mount.

Setting up scratchbox-devkit-cputransp (1.0.7) ...
Setting up scratchbox-devkit-debian (1.0.10) ...
Setting up scratchbox-devkit-doctools (1.0.7) ...
Setting up scratchbox-devkit-maemo3 (1.0.3) ...
Setting up scratchbox-devkit-perl (1.0.4) ...
E: Scratchbox command '/scratchbox/compilers/bin/gcc' is not executable.
E: Something went wrong with the install. Sorry.