Installing g77 on Linux

[Siegfried Gonzi <siegfried dot gonzi at kfunigraz dot ac dot at>]

Hi,


I have downloaded the gcc-suite but I cannot convert the "*.texi" files 
to html; the process always fails. Do not get me wrong: but has that as 
specific meaning why the installation nightmare just starts at the not 
available Readme?


On my SuSE Linux 8.0 system I actually have installed g++ and gcc; but I 
want augment the collection with the g77 compiler. The Fortran 77 folder 
in the gcc compiler collection is not very helpful (no Readme).

What I want is to make the g77 compiler but I am not sure whether I have 
to make also the gcc compiler or is it enough to have an actual version 
of g++ and gcc installed? I have got the SuSE 8.0 personal edition 
installed; that means most of the programs are not featured for 
development (for example I had a hard time to compile the Python 
idle-environment because I do not have got any Tcl/Tk header files, 
though I do have a running Tcl/Tk installation; eventually a precompiled 
ActivePython installation cured the situation).


Is there a dummy explanation available how to install the g77 compiler? 
I do not want to install all the other programs (Ada, Java,...). Is that 
possible?. Please: should the installation take 1 week (as it is true 
for 10% of all Linux programs; the rest of 90%  is not installable, 
even) let me know, I will then resort to my Mingw Windows installation.

Sorry for polluting this list, but the search option (at the mailinglist 
archive) does not work for me (maybe due to Mozilla).


Thanks for any hints,
Siegfried Gonzi