Hi Annie, # whether it's realli exist on my mandrake?? It appears so. # whether it is on the right directory?? if not where & how i'm going to change the path? It should be in the right directory, so there should not be any need to change the path. # does gcc available on my mandrake installation cd? if not where can i download it? I would expect it to be (since it appears to have been properly installed, and I presume it was installed from CD); but if you want to download it anyway you can do so by following the links from http://gcc.gnu.org/ location. HTH, --Eljay