alison waller <awaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have just installed Fedora on a partition of my hard drive. > > However, upon trying to compile a program (using make) that I had > downloaded (clustalw) I realized that I didn't have gcc. > > I tried to install it from my second disk, but there was an error. This sounds like a Fedora or redhat issue - please ask your question in an appropriate forum, like comp.os.linux.redhat . > Now, when trying to make I get the following message. If your install of gcc is partially broken, you probably can't trust it. Get a new binary from your OS implementor, and re-install it. [snip] > I cannot install it from the disk for some reason. I have also tried > using an rpm, but have failed. I'm sorry, but it's impossible (for me) to tell what is wrong here; it could be hardware, configuration, user error, alpha particles ... I don't know. You haven't provided enough detail.