No Instructions available on how to install Gfortran in Linux on your website.

[rkelih@earthlink]

Hello,
I'm a programmer/developer of 20+ years mostly in FORTRAN & COBOL, C, C++ 
and some Windows apps.
I'm TRYING to get off the Windows platform completely. I installed Suse 
Linux 10, and I want to install this GFORTRAN complier package that you have 
on your website. (The OSS version of Suse 10 didn't have the fortran 
compiler included, but the retail version does).

I downloaded "gfortran-linux.tar.gz" from gcc.gnu.org , unzipped it into a 
local directory, but at the risk of screwing up my install, don't know what 
to do with it.
It "appears" as if I could simply unzip the files into their respective 
directories, then on the other hand I was reading in some documentation 
online, that I would have to "do a build on GCC". I have 
GCC-4.0.2_20050901-3 if thats any help.

What do I do with the files I unzipped??

I noticed that in the Windows version, you  have not only a self-extracting 
.exe, but instructions on how to install as well.

Are there any instructions for installing this in Linux? I've spent a lot of 
time looking, but I'm almost ready to bag it and use the built in C++.


MANY thanks in advance.

R.Kelih