Install PostgreSQL 8.2.5

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> Hi All,
> I am having problem while installing Postgre...
>
> List of files
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ ls -all
> total 1332
> drwxrwxrwx  6 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:53 .
> drwxr-xr-x  5 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:29 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe    445 2004-04-23 14:15 aclocal.m4
> drwxrwxrwx  2 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:29 config
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe   6676 2007-10-26 22:53 config.log
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe 704819 2007-09-14 16:18 configure
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe  47564 2007-09-14 16:18 configure.in
> drwxrwxrwx 31 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:29 contrib
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe   1192 2006-03-05 10:58 COPYRIGHT
> drwxrwxrwx  4 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:29 doc
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe   3787 2006-08-18 15:58 GNUmakefile.in
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe 491670 2007-09-16 01:19 HISTORY
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe  47443 2007-09-16 01:19 INSTALL
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe   1434 2006-08-18 15:58 Makefile
> -rw-r--r--  1 joe joe   2062 2006-07-24 12:55 README
> drwxrwxrwx 14 joe joe   4096 2007-10-26 22:29 src
>
>
> Instruction in the INSTALL file
>                                 Short Version
>
> ./configure
> gmake
> su
> gmake install
> adduser postgres
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
> chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
> su - postgres
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >logfile 2>&1 &
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test
>
>
>
> I tried to run ./configure but got this error
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ ./configure
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking which template to use... linux
> checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no
> checking whether NLS is wanted... no
> checking for default port number... 5432
> 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.
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$
>
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE.
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$
>
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ gmake
> bash: gmake: command not found
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ make
> You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file
> 'INSTALL' for installation instructions.
> make: *** [all] Error 1
>
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$ make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> This program built for i486-pc-linux-gnu
> joe at joe-desktop:~/temp/postgresql-8.2.5$
>
> I can't complete postgresql installation.
>
> TIA
> Gun
>
>
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sudo apt-get install build-essential