On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 15:37, <deraustin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would be grateful for any help you can give me on how, and from > whence, I can acquire the appropriate compiler program, system files and the > standard and other libraries, indeed all I need to start building and > running C programs. If you are running on a Mac, your best bet is to download the Xcode development environment from Apple: http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/xcode/ Good luck and have fun. Diego.