Linux setup

[Luis Saldaña]

I am using Mandrake 7.2, and I tried to install Samba 2.2.0 on my computer.
However, when I use the ./configure command, it will give me this message:

Checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no

and then:

no cc in PATH$.

Can you please tell me what this means?  I've been trying to log into my
Win2000 server, and I have been unable to do it.  I can ping all of the
computers over my network, (50), but I cannot log in to the server.

Thank you.

Luis