you do not need to use gcc to install squid.

but y do i get ....
# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... cfgaux/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... ./configure: make: not found
no
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
#

You are compiling squid from source code and so you do need a compiler for this. However, you can just get the squid package with 'pkg-get' command that Jillagre stated without needing gcc.

-twantrd

# pkg-get
pkg-get: not found


not installed

any idea how 2?

# pkgadd -d pkg_get.pkg
pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed
- open of <pkg_get.pkg> failed, errno=2
pkgadd: ERROR: could not process datastream from <pkg_get.pkg>

Please go to
http://www.blastwave.org/pkg-get.php
and get the two packages pkg-get.pkg and wget-i386.bin or wget-sparc.bin (depending on your architecture).
All the information you need is given at
www.blastwave.org
Please follow the instructions given there. You should be able to get gcc/squid/whatever else from there without having to compile from source (which is what you are trying to do now).
Regards,
Maidros

ok thanks ill give it a shot before i go home

im not sure what i must do here...

save as "wget" somewhere in your $PATH, and dont forget to "chmod 0755 wget". (If you have solaris 9, you probably already have it in /usr/sfw/bin)

You also need gzip "somewhere" in your PATH. Most people do these days, unless you did a minimalist "Core install" of Solaris.

Add /opt/csw/bin to root's PATH

What parts are you missing in these instructions ?
They appear quite clear to me.

What return these commands ?

I think everyone assumed you had more *nix experience when you posted.

Your best bet is what was already stated, look for precompiled binary packages, not source code, on http://sunfreeware.com/ or through pkg-get (you have to install this precompiled pkg-get binary package before you can use it to get other packages, see the site for instructions) at http://www.blastwave.org/ and download them. If you do not find precompiled packages for what you need then you will need source code for the application you want (squid) and all the compiler tools, also mentioned previously, such as gcc and make. Since Solaris is not Linux, it does not come with these compiler tools, so you will have to find precompiled binary packages of these compiler tools to install before you can actually compile new programs from source (run configure and make.)

No doubt Solaris is not Linux, but both share a lot of Gnu stuff, including gcc, should
one bother to install it from the Solaris companion CD.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/

i have a dvd copy that was given to me so im not sure if it would have it on there

It is not on the dvd, you must get a copy or download the companion cd for these freewares.

damn thats goin 2 take a while

As said before, you do not NEED a compiler to install squid.
Neither you need to download the companion CD.
However, you need to learn the basics of computing, and that is taking for everyone a much longer time that what it takes to download a CD ...

Please clarify what you are still missing from what we already answered if you want to go further.