Hi,

I don't want to be a pest, but I do have a problem that I hope someone would be 
willing and able to help me solve:

I tried to install Python, but I got error messages about not being able to find a 
compiler (during configuration).

So, even though the package manager on my system (Mandrake 9.0) says that gcc is 
installed, I decided to download a newer release of it (gcc-3.4.0).  Problem is it, 
too, seems to need a compiler in order to install.  So I seem to be trapped in a 
Catch-22.  Can't install a compiler because I don't have a compiler installed.

Here is what I get:


# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
./configure: line 2332: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g   conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
#


Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Daniel

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