Hi, I have the latest version of Mandrake, which has no g77, only gfortran - and needed the following patch to compile (with some added g77, gfortran outputs): Index: numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py =================================================================== --- numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py (revision 2033) +++ numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py (working copy) @@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ # GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.3.3 (Debian 20040401) # GNU Fortran 0.5.25 20010319 (prerelease) # Redhat: GNU Fortran (GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5) + # Mandrake: GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.3.6 (Mandrakelinux release 3.3.6-2mdk) + # + # 'gfortran --version' results + # Redhat: GNU Fortran 95 (GCC 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)) + # Mandrake: GNU Fortran 95 (GCC 4.0.1 (4.0.1-5mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)) - for fc_exe in map(find_executable,['g77','f77']): + for fc_exe in map(find_executable,['g77','f77','gfortran']): if os.path.isfile(fc_exe): break executables = { @@ -41,7 +46,10 @@ if os.name != 'nt' and sys.platform!='cygwin': pic_flags = ['-fPIC'] - g2c = 'g2c' + if os.path.basename(fc_exe) == 'gfortran': + g2c = 'gfortran' + else: + g2c = 'g2c' #def get_linker_so(self): # # win32 linking should be handled by standard linker Can I suggest this a patch to svn numpy? Thanks, Matthew