How to install glibc-2.4 correctly

Hi everyone,

What Matt gave me as an answer is not helping me.  At work I have to use an IRIX machine but this machine does not have a C++ compiler on it.  I am dealing with many images but they have to be renamed and C++ will be used to rename them (instead of myself renaming them manually).  I have gone through the FAQ manual and the online documentation.  I would like to know all information required to properly install the glibc-2.4 tar file.  Can someone just tell me the bare basics (I really don't want to ruin the computer's system)?

Thanks.