since i have FC4, i can do this: % rpm -qf `which g77` compat-gcc-32-g77-3.2.3-47.fc4 % rpm -qa | grep compat-gcc compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.fc4 compat-gcc-32-g77-3.2.3-47.fc4 compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.fc4 are also likely needed. - peter