hi, all I installed gmp4.2.4 and mpfr2.4.1 to /usr/local Then, I tried to install gcc 4.4.2, but some errors occur. %configure --prefix=/home/cj --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --with-gmp=/usr/local/lib --with-mpfr=/usr/local/lib %mke check (is ok!) %mke C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include:/usr/include LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH make[3]: Entering directory `/home/cj/gcc-4.4.2/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc' gcc -c -g -fkeep-inline-functions -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wcast-qual -Wold-style-definition -Wc++-compat -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-common -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I../.././gcc/. -I../.././gcc/../include -I../.././gcc/../libcpp/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include -I../.././gcc/../libdecnumber -I../.././gcc/../libdecnumber/bid -I../libdecnumber ../.././gcc/c-lang.c -o c-lang.o In file included from ../.././gcc/input.h:25, from ../.././gcc/tree.h:27, from ../.././gcc/c-lang.c:27: ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/line-map.h:66: error: 'CHAR_BIT' undeclared here (not in a function) ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/line-map.h:66: error: bit-field 'reason' width not an integer constant ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/line-map.h:66: warning: 'reason' is narrower than values of its type In file included from ../.././gcc/c-common.h:26, from ../.././gcc/c-tree.h:25, from ../.././gcc/c-lang.c:28: ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:198: error: bit-field 'type' width not an integer constant ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:198: warning: 'type' is narrower than values of its type In file included from ../.././gcc/c-common.h:26, from ../.././gcc/c-tree.h:25, from ../.././gcc/c-lang.c:28: ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:241:3: error: #error "Cannot find a least-32-bit signed integer type" ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:243: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cppchar_t' ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:244: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cppchar_signed_t' ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:732: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cpp_interpret_charconst' ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:743: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cpp_host_to_exec_charset' ../.././gcc/../libcpp/include/cpplib.h:870: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'cpp_parse_escape' In file included from ../.././gcc/c-tree.h:26, from ../.././gcc/c-lang.c:28: ../.././gcc/toplev.h: In function 'floor_log2': ../.././gcc/toplev.h:193: warning: control reaches end of non-void function make[3]: *** [c-lang.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/cj/gcc-4.4.2/host-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc' make[2]: *** [all-stage1-gcc] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/cj/gcc-4.4.2' make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cj/gcc-4.4.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 I think CHAR_BIT is defined in /usr/include/limits.h but why it cannot be searched. Juan