hello,
I would like some advice on how to get the linux fortran and C++ to work, i have an AMD opteron and linux kernel 2.6, my linux system is 64 bit.



they both install fine but neither compiles, im not to hot at any of this stuff as i am still learning. When it istall it install the IA-32 version but i think it should install the itanium version?

if this is the problem how do i fix it? or the more likely proplem is that my stab in the dark is a long way off and its something totally different?

No, Itanium is neither IA-32 nor IA-64 compatible, so it won't work on your machine. I believe IA-32 should work on your Opteron (as it's backward compatible), but IA-64 would be faster. I have no idea however how to install the 64 bit version.

BTW could you be more specific? How do you install them - via a setup tool (which linux distribution do you use?) or are you trying to compile the compilers' source code (which is most likely unecessary). Or does "doesn't compile" refer to compiling a programs' source code? If so, what exactly happens?

i was using the setup tool that comes with the compiler it works in the command line.

i have installed tried compiling in the directory that it was in /opt/intel_fc_80 that didnt work cant remember the error,

so i tried to add the directory /opt/intel_fc_80/bin to my path using the following

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/intel_fc_80/bin:.

which seems to have worked as it is now there when i echo $PATH so now when i go to compile a test file i get this error

$ ifort test.f90 -o test
ifort: error: could not find directory in which g++ resides

i'm lost please help

May I suggest that you download the gcc .rpm or whatever package manager your distribution uses and install that instead? This would save you a lot of trouble.