I think i need update gcc because everytime I compile, I just started receiving "Internal Compiler Error" message at the end of make.
I looked over the installing instructions on the gnu website but it looks really confusing. Are there any simple steps or hints to make it easier?
Thanks.

I think upgrading GCC might prove to be somewhat difficult, but I have installed GCC 4.0 under Slackware with no problems. Keeping two versions (in different locations, of course) is probably better idea than just plain upgrading, for several safety reasons. For example, if you run a standard Linux distro, most of the software on it was probably compiled under the version of GCC it came with. Also, keeping the old version around ensures you always have a working compiler.

But anyways, I just downloaded and extracted the source, and made a separate build directory that WAS NOT located inside the source directory. Then move to the build directory and configure:Here I used /usr/local to install into and added 4.0 to all the installed files (to separate them from the previous versions). After configure runs, just do a `make`. (You used to have to do `make bootstrap` first, but apparently not anymore.)

If you have DejaGNU, Tcl, and Expect installed, you can do automated testing of the tools you just built by executing `make -k check` in the object directory. I didn't do this, but it's probably a very good idea.

Finally, do `make install`. Look for your binaries in the prefix directory you specified during configuration. As the installation page suggests, you probably don't want to install into a directory where a previous version of GCC exists.

So it's actually a lot like a standard software installation. In truth, it's even been streamlined a little bit since I compiled my latest version. The only difference is that it takes a really long time, and you should use a separate build directory.

[Also, note that "make" has to refer to GNU Make, so if you're using a BSD make sure to call it "gmake". But if you're using a BSD, why not just download a package or use Ports/pkgsrc?]

I've heard all sorts of bad things about upgrading gcc, but I did it running Debian 3.1 with no problems.

I think I might give it a try on another system. All of a sudden the compiler errors I was getting went away. Could rebooting have something to do with that? Oh well, at least I can use make now.