btw, i located gcc a few times using locate, i believe in /usr/sbin.. i was thinking about searching the packages for a gcc install, however i searched around and found nothing.. anyways..

I'm running Slackware 8.0. I recently recompiled gcc from source to upgrade to 3.0.3. I ran configure, the first make command (I forget what it is now) and then make install, and it seemed to work ...