Hello, I'm a brand new Mac user, and found that I need to install the gcc compiler on my machine, since typing "man gcc" always gives "No manual entry for gcc". I found the various gnu and mirror sites for ftp'ing gcc, however I'm not sure exactly which file(s) I should ftp over for G++. Under /gnu/gcc-4.2.0 I see there are 2 files for g++: gcc-g++-4.2.0.tar.bz2 gcc-g++-4.2.0.tar.bz2.sig Do I need both the above files for developing in C++? Also, the g++.README mentions to get the libstdc++-2.n.tar.gz file as well. Should I take it from the /libg++ directory, and which 2.8 file do I take? Also, what graphical IDE do you recommend to do development on the Mac? Is XCode suitable? Thanks for your help, Parvathi Kumar ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/