Hi, I am unable to install gcc-3.2.3 on RHEL5 64 bit machine. While compiling it gives multiple errors. (I have downloaded gcc from the site ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/gcc/releases/gcc-3.2.3/). Can you please suggest me a method for installation. Details of RHEL5 OS 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) I tried the following steps --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) tar xvf gcc-3.2.3.tar 2) cd gcc-3.2.3 3) ./configure --prefix=/picobuild/ithelp/gcc 4) make bootstrap Gives the following errors gcc -c -DIN_GCC -g -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config -I./../include rtl.c -o rtl.o In file included from rtl.c:24: rtl.h:125: warning: type of bit-field âcodeâ is a GCC extension rtl.h:128: warning: type of bit-field âmodeâ is a GCC extension gcc -c -DIN_GCC -g -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config -I./../include ./read-rtl.c -o read-rtl.o In file included from ./read-rtl.c:24: ./rtl.h:125: warning: type of bit-field âcodeâ is a GCC extension ./rtl.h:128: warning: type of bit-field âmodeâ is a GCC extension ./read-rtl.c: In function âfatal_with_file_and_lineâ: ./read-rtl.c:62: warning: traditional C rejects ISO C style function definitions ./read-rtl.c: In function âread_rtxâ: ./read-rtl.c:662: error: invalid lvalue in increment make[2]: *** [read-rtl.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/picobuild/ithelp/gcc-3.2.3/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/picobuild/ithelp/gcc-3.2.3/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) tar xvf gcc-3.2.3.tar 3) mkdir /picobuild/ithelp/gcc 4) cd /picobuild/ithelp/gcc-3.2.3 2) ./configure --prefix=/picobuild/ithelp/gcc --enable-languages=c++ 3) make bootstrap Gives the following errors gcc -c -DIN_GCC -g -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config -I./../include rtl.c -o rtl.o In file included from rtl.c:24: rtl.h:125: warning: type of bit-field âcodeâ is a GCC extension rtl.h:128: warning: type of bit-field âmodeâ is a GCC extension gcc -c -DIN_GCC -g -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-long -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DGENERATOR_FILE -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config -I./../include ./read-rtl.c -o read-rtl.o In file included from ./read-rtl.c:24: ./rtl.h:125: warning: type of bit-field âcodeâ is a GCC extension ./rtl.h:128: warning: type of bit-field âmodeâ is a GCC extension ./read-rtl.c: In function âfatal_with_file_and_lineâ: ./read-rtl.c:62: warning: traditional C rejects ISO C style function definitions ./read-rtl.c: In function âread_rtxâ: ./read-rtl.c:662: error: invalid lvalue in increment make[2]: *** [read-rtl.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/picobuild/ithelp/gcc-3.2.3/gcc' make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/picobuild/ithelp/gcc-3.2.3/gcc' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Prasanth