On 02/09/2010 08:32 PM, afkoeppel wrote: >> >> Andrew Haley wrote: >>> >>> On 02/09/2010 07:22 PM, afkoeppel wrote: >>> >>>> I am brand new to linux/unix and I am trying to install a program that >>>> requires gfortran. My understanding is that gfortran is part of gcc, >>>> and >>>> that I therefore need to install gcc to run it. >>> >>> You almost certainly do not need to build gcc yourself to get gfortran. >>> >>> Most, if not all, Linux distributions provide gfortran as a pre-built >>> package. If you had told us which Linux distribution you were using, >>> we might have been able to tell you how to install gfortran. > > Oh wait. Disregard that. I think it is openSUSE 11.0 OK, so I'm just hoping that someone who understands openSUSE is going to respond. Fingers crossed... Andrew.
