installing general apps

ok, i have 2 problems, both about installing things. These are two different things i am trying to install on my suse computer. I un-tar them to my home folder, then right click and say actions>open terminal here. The first one is a file manager called krusader.

linux:~/krusader-1.60.0 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for kde-config... /opt/kde3/bin/kde-config
checking where to install... /opt/kde3 (as returned by kde-config)
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

the second one is an older file, and it is a different problem. it is for a card game ace of penguins

linux:~/ace-1.2 # ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
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 host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one

can someone please tell me how to install these properly, I have no idea. i get these same 2 problems for a lot of other apps too.