Help? Can't install gcc

So I need to install gcc to compile a pretty experimental program...and I'm running into version trouble

'sudo yum install gcc' demands glibc-common-2.7-2
glibc-common-2.8.90-17.i386 is installed

Pirut only finds the already installed newer version of glibc-common
'yum provides glibc-common-2.7-2' returns blank
I can't uninstall the newer version first (using pirut), as it would remove most of the install software on my system due to dependencies.
As long as the new version is installed, I can't install the older one from rpm either

Edit: I've also tried downloading the rpm of a newer version of gcc, hoping that would be happy with the 2.8.90 version of glibc-common, but no luck there either. I'm now thinking of hosing the entire Linpus mess and putting a real distro on there (Fedora maybe, or one of the *buntu crowd).

gcc is such a basic everyday tool, I'm having trouble believing it's this hard to install. The Acer/Linpus guys seem to have really messed up the otherwise fine Fedora here.

 

none of these work?

http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gcc

you could try installing another distro too like ubuntu or something.