Erro em tudo que tenta compilar !!!!!!!!!!!!!HEEEEELLLLPPP!!

sempre que tento usar ./configure para compilar qualquer coisa
dá este mesmo erro:
[root@ganja xmms-1.2.7]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
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 for prefix by checking for xmms... /usr/bin/xmms
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

tenho os gcc´s instalados:
[root@ganja netscape-installer]# rpm -qa | grep gcc
gcc2.95-2.95.3-36cl
gcc-2.95.3-36cl

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