re: why wont my suse compile

Hi All I have SuSE 9.1 and when ever i try to untar then compile anything i dont seem to ba able to?. It seems i have trouble copiling c or c++ why does this happen it doesnt happen to my mandrake etc is this a prob with suse or am i missing something. i can untar but after ./configure it fails? Ive re-installed several times but the problem wont change does anyone know what i can do????? Thanks Yours...Ben :D -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/