Hello all, i am a beginner linux user using Ubuntu. my problem is, when i run "make bootstrap" command the following occurs: make[3]: Entering directory `/home/nik/gcc/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc' /home/nik/gcc/missing bison -t -o java/parse-scan.c ../.././gcc/java/parse-scan.y WARNING: `bison' missing on your system. You should only need it if you modified a `.y' file. You may need the `Bison' package in order for those modifications to take effect. You can get `Bison' from any GNU archive site. /home/nik/gcc/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/prev-gcc/xgcc -B/home/nik/gcc/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/prev-gcc/ -B/opt//i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -c -O2 -g -fomit-frame-pointer -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -Wold-style-definition -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-error -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -Ijava -I../.././gcc -I../.././gcc/java -I../.././gcc/../include -I../.././gcc/../libcpp/include -I../.././gcc/../libdecnumber -I../libdecnumber java/parse-scan.c -o java/parse-scan.o xgcc: java/parse-scan.c: No such file or directory xgcc: no input files make[3]: *** [java/parse-scan.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/nik/gcc/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc' make[2]: *** [all-stage2-gcc] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nik/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage2-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nik/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 I unfortunatly do not understand what it is doing and how to fix the probme that it is having. any advice and solutions would be very much appreciated. yours Nik -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Another-GCC-problem-tf4580663.html#a13075834 Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.