>> >> thanks - thats the version i know this will compile against. Any ideas >> how to instruct the compiler to user this version of gcc rather than >> the default? > > > Most (sane) packages will use ENV vars CC CXX, so > export CC=gcc4 > export CXX=g++4 > > before should hopefully work. thanks for all the tips - i have actually managed to get this to build - I had to give it the g++ as well as the gcc versions from gcc32 to build. thanks for all the help as this was a show stopper