I am trying to install gcc-4.2.0 on redhat 'Linux version 2.4.21-4.EL'

I am new to linux.. please provide as much detail as possible.

I wanted to install apache...but recevied the following error:

checking for gcc... no

Thats the reason i am now trying to install GCC.

Unfortunately i ran into another error and this is where i am stuck.

When I run '/gcc-build//gcc-4.2.0/configure' I get the following errors:

[root@localhost gcc-4.2.0]# /gcc-build//gcc-4.2.0/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.2.0
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

Can someone please let me know how to continue? Please provide as much detail as possible.

If you have the original Red Hat discs, you can install an older version of gcc from there.

reddazz -thanks for your reply...

Yes, I do have the original CDs..

I found the rpm file on the cd and tried to install it using that rpm file but I got the following errors. Please see detailed information below:


[root@localhost gcc-build]# rpm -i compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.src.rpm
warning: compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e
error: cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

-> so I created the directory

mkdir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gcc-2.96-20000731

[root@localhost gcc-build]# rpm -i compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.src.rpm
[root@localhost gcc-build]#

-> I though this is suppose to install gcc already ??
# gcc
-bash: gcc: command not found

-> So I went to the directory and found the source code and tried installing it from there but got the error below:

commands:
cd /usr/src//redhat/SOURCES/

bzip2 -d gcc-2.96-20000731.tar.bz2

tar xvf gcc-2.96-20000731.tar

cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gcc-2.96-20000731

Error Below:

[root@localhost gcc-2.96-20000731]# ./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux host.
Created "Makefile" in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/gcc-2.96-20000731 using "mt-frag"
./configure: line 7: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

Not sure where to go from here...