>Here is the version I'm running: >[donjulio:~/mplayer] brooks$ uname -X >System = SunOS >Release = 5.11 >KernelID = snv_67 So you are using OpenSolaris and not Solaris, though your system is 2-3 years old. At any rate, use something like the following: $ PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin $ CC=gcc CXX=g++ ./configure --prefix=/path/where/it/will/be/installed I believe this will work. Apostolos