On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:23:50 -0800 Christopher Head wrote: > I *strongly* recommend getting something other than SDCC going.=20 Hi Chris... Any specific recommendation(s)? - I have quite extensively looked for C compilers and only found SDCC.=20 Other compilers either don't cover the PIC18 series, are not free, or have other problems. - The MPLAB X installs and runs fine here. But the application library has some quirks such as refusing to compile on Linux, because it has (loads of) spaces in filenames, directory names, which have to be corrected, as have many of the Makefiles which contain links to those filenames. Though I resolved many of those problems, I have not been able to reach a real .HEX file yet... John --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .