gcc-3.0.4 install help / aclocal... missing
 

i need help to install some files needed to install the latest C compiler so that I can compile the latest kernel. I am attempting to install gcc-3.0.4-20020221on Redhat 7.2 as follows:
first unpack gcc-3.2 source tree and cd into it something like
1. in /usr/src, mkdir redhat, cd redhat, mkdir SOURCES
2. switch directory downloaded rpm.src (in my case root)
rpm -Fvh gcc3-3.0.4-1.src.rpm
3. cd to /usr/src/SOURCE and bunzip2 -d gcc-3.0.4-20020221.tar.bz2
4. tar -xvf gcc-3.0.4-20020221.tar
5. cd gcc-3.0.4-20020221
6. mkdir /opt/gcc-3.2
7. ./configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-3.2
8. make bootstrap && make install && echo YES
9. ln -s /opt/gcc-3.2/bin/gcc /usr/local/bin/gcc-3.2
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when I get to step 8, I get the following errors

[checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing

[ETC]

/bin/sh: autoheader: command not found
make[2]: *** [cstamp-h.in] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gcc-3.0.4-20020221/gcc'
make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gcc-3.0.4-20020221/gcc'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

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i have tried to install autoconf (which includes authoheader?) and automake as follows (can't find aclocal and makeinfo):

1. Obtain the original source code file (autoconf-2.13.tar.gz) from The GNU Foundation.
2. Download the file to the /compiletmp/ directory.
3. Move to the /compiletmp/ directory and unzip the file with the command:

"gunzip autoconf-2.13.tar.gz"

4. After unzipping the file, untar the resulting tar file with the command:

"tar -xof autoconf-2.13.tar"

5. After untarring the file, move to the /compiletmp/autoconf-2.13
directory and create the Makefile by issuing the command:

"CC='gcc' ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/autoconf-2.13"

6. After the Makefile is configured, compile the program with a simple "make" instruction.

7. "mkdir /usr/local/autoconf-2.13"
"mkdir /usr/local/autoconf-2.13/man"

8. Now, install the binaries, libraries, and man pages with the command:

"make install"

9. ln -s /usr/local/autoconf-2.13/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf-2.13

10. ln -s /usr/local/autoconf-2.13/bin/autoheader /usr/bin/autoheader-2.13

what do i need to do to fix this problem

Re: gcc-3.0.4 install help / aclocal... missing
 

The packages you are looking for is part of the development
files of the redhat distro or any other linux distro. Obtain
the orginal source disk for your linux version, then install
the 'development package'

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/

You also might (missed this one) need to be logged in as root.
If you log in as your own name, then type the 'su' command,
then type the root password, the compiling might work.

I just realized that you have those files when you created
a symbolic link to them.