I just checked out a fresh copy of Python from Sourceforge on a Solaris 5.8 machine, and typed: ./configure -with-cxx rather than ./configure -with-cxx=g++ It generates a makefile with "CXX=yes", so "make" produces: bash-2.03$ make yes -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H \ -o Modules/ccpython.o ./Modules/ccpython.cc make: yes: Command not found :-) Greg