I agree, doing things on Linux can, at least at first, be a steep learning curve. My suggestion to get the binaries for sleuthkit and autopsy would result in having those programs on your system without the need for compiling the source files. However, I don’t think you can get binaries for these programs only tarballs of the source.
With regard to Helix, if you get the .iso burnt to CD correctly then no, you don’t need to resolve the gcc compiler issue immediately, but all the programs on the image including sleuthkit and autopsy will be running form the CD and not your system.
If I were you I’d go with the bootable Helix .iso option, and then try to install gcc via YaST when you have time.
Thanks for all of the input. I am still waiting on the *.iso download. Once that is complete, I will look at the options suggested by you folks.
I was able to burn the Helix boot CD-ROM O.K. after the download. When it fires up, it gives the option of loading itself to RAMDISK, which seems to keep things moving along much more briskly than if it were simply running from the CD-ROM.
Again, thanks for all the input and support.
in a terminal window on SUSE use th command "sudo apt-get install sleuthkit" and "sudo apt-get install autopsy".
Apt-get will identify and install required dependancies and you will need a root password.
If using a Mac download and use "fink" from a terminal window to achieve similar capabilities "sudo fink install autopsy"
Hope this helps.
Jim