Hi Christian, Try running these commands instead. (I'm assuming you've already unpacked the two GZ files into /home/conveycj/gcc-3.4.3/ directory) mkdir /home/conveycj/gcc-3.4.3-build cd /home/conveycj/gcc-3.4.3-build /home/conveycj/gcc-3.4.3/configure \ --prefix=/usr/people/cjc/big/packages/gcc-3.4.3 \ --enable-languages=c,c++ make make install - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Solaris, here's what I use... # Already unpacked GCC's GZ files to /home/eljay/gcc-3.4.3 mkdir /home/eljay/gcc-3.4.3-build mkdir /home/eljay/gcc343 PATH=/export/share/gcc-3.2/bin:/bin:/usr/bin # CONFIGURE /home/eljay/gcc-3.4.3/configure \ --prefix=/home/eljay/gcc34 \ --enable-languages=c,c++ \ --with-gnu-as \ --with-as=/export/share/gcc-3.2/bin/as \ --with-gnu-ld \ --with-ld=/export/share/gcc-3.2/bin/ld \ --enable-threads \ --enable-shared \ --disable-symvers \ --disable-__cxa_atexit make -j 4 CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap-lean # INSTALL mkdir /home/eljay/gcc34 make install - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Caution, there may be some unintentional line-wraps. HTH, --Eljay