Installing Desklists applet for Kopete - get following error msg

[wild_willy]

Hi,
I'm trying to install the Desklist applet for Kopete. Following the install instructions I get the following error msg:

~/32089-desklist-0.3.0/desklist$ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
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 style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details. (I can post the contents of the config.log if required).

I've also googled that error msg; it returned something about a I must have cc1 which must be on /usr/lib/gcc-lib" installed which I don't, I only have /usr/lib/gcc. However the posting was refering to installing another program so I don't really know if it applies to me or not.

Anybody know what's gone wrong and how do I fix it I had desklist running in Edgy Eft. Any help appreciated

[Snowhog]

Re: Installing Desklists applet for Kopete - get following error msg

I had desklist running in Edgy Eft.

And it appears that it is available under Gutsy. But, I didn't find it in for Feisty based on a Google search, except for some locations in Denmark?? Adept (Feisty) does not contain this package. Where did you get your package file from?

[penguin.ch]

Re: Installing Desklists applet for Kopete - get following error msg

My guess: sudo apt-get build-essential and re-try ...

[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Desklists applet for Kopete - get following error msg

(I can post the contents of the config.log if required)

Failing UR's suggestion, yeah, that'd be nice...