Ok I am installing vmware on a machine running RH 7.2. I have secured the machine with bastille linux, so I can no longer log in as root at the login prompt, I must log in as a user first. Vmware needs gcc to install and I have tried to install the rpms as root but they do not install when i use the rpm -i command with the rpm name. The only error was that it needed a directory made, I made that and the error went away but it still was not installed. Whereis just reports "gcc:" and which can not find it in the path. What could be the problem here? Is it just a problem with the path? Thanks Colin Kilbane