c compiler needs

[Hodge, Jeff F (ECIII)]

while config-ing perl 5.8.0 with 
sh Configure -Accflags="-DPERL_Y2KWARN -DPERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC"

 I am getting an error that I need a C compiler...but I have gcc installed
through SuSe 8.0 linux...

What's the deal?