I used yast to try to install gcc but it complains about v
arious dependency issues. It conflicts with alot of the packages installed such as gnome, yast etc etc

#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2007-09-09 23:00:15 ####

pattern:base-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of yast2_basis for pattern:base-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep yast2_basis
( ) delete base
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
pattern:gnome-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of gnome_basis for pattern:gnome-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep gnome_basis
( ) delete gnome
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:gnome_basis-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of basesystem for pattern:gnome_basis-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep base
( ) delete gnome_basis
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:gnome_imaging-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of gnome_basis for pattern:gnome_imaging-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep gnome_basis
( ) delete gnome_imaging
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:gnome_xgl-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of gnome_basis for pattern:gnome_xgl-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep gnome_basis
( ) delete gnome_xgl
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:imaging-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of x11 for pattern:imaging-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep x11
( ) delete imaging
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:laptop-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of basesystem for pattern:laptop-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep base
( ) delete laptop
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:non_oss-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of x11 for pattern:non_oss-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep x11
( ) delete non_oss
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:non_oss_java-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of x11 for pattern:non_oss_java-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep x11
( ) delete non_oss_java
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:x11-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of basesystem for pattern:x11-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep base
( ) delete x11
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
pattern:yast2_basis-10.2-145.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of yast2-ncurses for pattern:yast2_basis-10.2-145.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep yast2-ncurses
( ) delete yast2_basis
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally
yast2-ncurses-2.14.4-3.i586 has missing dependencies
There are no alternative installed providers of glibc-locale for yast2-ncurses-2.14.4-3.i586
Conflict Resolution:
( ) keep glibc-locale
( ) delete yast2-ncurses
( ) Ignore this requirement just here
( ) Ignore this requirement generally

#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###


so what now? I need gcc so I compile php to bundle it into tomcat 5.5

Where did you get the gcc package?

The version on installation media should work; all dependencies satisfied from installation media. If you downloaded the latest and greatest version of gcc, then you will most likely have dependency issues.