freemanlab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (freemanlab) writes: > I am trying to get gcc going from source-code > on a 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 computer with Mac OS > X version 10.4.11 . This requires make . > > However when I try to get make going from > source-code, I am informed that a C compiler > such as gcc is needed. > > Is there a way of installing a C compiler > without make , or vice versa, or some other > way to solve this problem? The usual way out is to get a binary of either make or some compiler to start with. On Mac OS I believe you can download binaries from Apple, under the name xcode or something like that. Ian