configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

[crashandburn0420]

when i try to compile the files for xmms i get

steven@69-173-94-34:/tmp/fr-uzJs8C/xmms-1.2.10$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
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 for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for prefix by checking for xmms... no
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.

i have ubuntu. i know when i had FC4 i just typed yum install gcc and that fixed it, is there anything like that on ubuntu?

[alain_]

everything you ever wanted to know about apt:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/

in debian also available as package apt-howto-en

[crashandburn0420]

but that doesnt answer my question

[alain_]

i know when i had FC4 i just typed yum install gcc

replace yum with apt-get install

i'll give you a sandwich, but the "decoration" is up to you
and xmms is in the repositories as well,
so there is no need for compiling