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cant compile programs

I know this has nothing to do with limewire but all you guys seem pretty smart so i'll give it a try.
When i try to compile any program i download i get this:

checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf...missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader...missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking wether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking fo ranlib....:
checking for gcc.... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

please help!

Did you not select the recommended software development packages when you installed your distro? I don't think I'd try to go back and install gcc, automake, etc. even from RPMs or debs after installing an OS. I know Red Hat and Mandrake and maybe Debian will install a pretty complete set of dev tools if you mark the software development category at install time.