Hello, - trying to install gcc 4.0.0 system: Linux Enterprise 4 arch: x86_64 built using # tar xvzf ./gcc-4.0.0.tar.gz # mkdir objdir && cd objdir # ../gcc-4.0.0/configure <== succeeds # make bootstrap ... <compile for 5 minutes> ... /usr/bin/ld: crti.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [32/libgcc_s.so] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/area51/objdir/gcc' make[2]: *** [stmp-multilib] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/area51/objdir/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/area51/objdir/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 I don't know why ld can't find crti.o # ls /usr/lib64/crti.o /usr/lib64/crti.o # grep lib64 /etc/ld.so.conf /lib64 /usr/lib64 # I've read that glibc-devel should be installed and it is: # rpm -q -a | grep glibc-devel glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.9 current gcc is gcc3.4.3 Any hlp apprec , Thanks __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com