I have a problem with compiling GCC

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the compliment.  I figure I know about 50%, and others know 
the other 50%... and that's why I'm always on this list trying to get 
answers and improve my understanding.  And share my (sometimes correct 
even!) information with others... it's the LGPL way.

It appears that you downloaded GCC source code.  What you need is the 
pre-compiled GCC binary for GNU/Linux Red Hat 7.3.

If you really want to use the GCC source code you downloaded, you still 
need the pre-compiled GCC binary for GNU/Linux Red Hat 7.3, which you can 
use to bootstrap build your downloaded GCC source.  Then build & install 
your own version of  GCC.

Lots of "how to" information at: 
<http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/GCC-HOWTO/index.php3> 
(somewhat outdated, but still good stuff)

As I understand it, you can also install GCC using Red Hat's RPM 
mechanism.  Some info here: 
<http://www.trilithium.com/software/misc/>.  I've never used RPM directly.

Also, pre-compiled GCC is available & installable from the Red Hat CDs / 
ISO 9660 images.

Plus, Alexandre Oliva on this forum is a Red Hat guru, and probably can 
give you far better pointers and up to date information about Red Hat than 
I.  I'm a Darwin / Solaris / AmigaOS / Win32 (ick) / SuSE kind of guy, 
although I did install Red Hat 9.0 recently (smooth as silk 
install!  Beeee-yoooooooo-ti-ful!).

HTH, good luck,
--Eljay