trying to install Gnucash 2.2.0

[Bob W. Anderson]

Derek Atkins wrote:

> #1, Update to 2.0.5 -- 2.0.2 is buggy.

I've downloaded 2.2.0 from Sourceforge.   Extracted it.
ran    ./configure   and got this result:

	 linux-9eu0:/home/bob/Desktop/gnucash-2.2.0 # ./configure
	checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
	 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
	 checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
	 checking for gawk... gawk
	 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
	 checking for gcc... no
	checking for cc... no
	 checking for cl.exe... no
	 configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

I'm kind of lost.   Should I have gnucash in a different folder?  What
is a C compiler, where could I find it?  What should I do with it if I
find it?   Or should I do something with $PATH?

Sorry if this sounds pretty dumb, but I haven't actually installed a
program in the six years I've been running Linux.  I assume I'm supposed
to run    ./configure
and then   make
and then   make install   - or something like that.   I've been prowling
the man pages but am getting information overload and my eyes are
beginning to cross.

Can someone point me to a learning place where I can learn to install
gnucash 2.2.0?     Thanks

Bob in Newport