Ernst: Thanks for your help. A general installation script that works on all systems would be a big help.
I did the same installation successfully on several Linux SuSe 7.x machines with two more parameters for configure:
--prefix=${HOME}/.gnu # or some other place to put the binary --host=$MACHTYPE # resolves on my Linux as i686-suse-linux
I tried that: (lots of messages that look ok) ... Configuration i386-pc-none not supported Configure in /users/tds/gpc/gpc-build/gcc failed, exiting. % echo $MACHTYPE i386 After grabbing the tar, your script did this: ... 12550K .......... .......... .......... ... 100% @ 129.52 KB/s 13:53:35 (427.96 KB/s) - `gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz' saved [12885815] Creating gcc-2.95.2 Checking permissions cd /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gpc-20020410 mv p /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/ : mkdir /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gpc-build cd /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gpc-build /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gcc-2.95.2/configure --enable-languages=pascal --prefix=/us ers/tds/.gnu --host=i386 Configuration i386-pc-none not supported Configure in /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gpc-build/gcc failed, exiting. ERROR, Returncode after /tmp/tds/install.gpc/gcc-2.95.2/configure --enable-langu ages=pascal --prefix=/users/tds/.gnu --host=i386 is 1 Tom