Hi All,

First let me say this was my first install of Linux to achieve the above result.
The project I am trying to do is this:

Using any kind of Linux (don't know which is the best for it) setup server monitoring (Windows Server 2008 R2) using Nagios. I have a quickstart guide that means Jack to me so I hoping advice might be posted cause I'm totally in the dark.

I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed and have (hopefully successfully) installed Apache 2 and PhP packages using GDebi Package Installer. GCC Compiler needs installing next but I havn't the faintest. What's the install process, how do i know it's installed correctly!. I've tried to install via apt-get this finds the package but doesn't locate it.

Any help is appreciated.
Thank You in advance.