Hi Paul, Use the GNU tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/> which should support the symbolic links, and also you can bunzip2 all in one step: tar xjvf gcc-4.2.1.tar.bz2 I presume you already have a preferred place to get pre-built binaries for GNU tools on AIX. Note, I haven't used AIX since v1.3, so my AIX experience is a bit on the rusty side. Sincerely, --Eljay
