I am also stuck in this error:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
It turns out that in my case I had a clean installation of Debian Etch without the C compiler. I installed it (by mistake, I suppose) through apt-get install gcc. A few google searches made me install g ++ instead
apt-get install g++
Subsequently, it worked. Not sure if this will help you, but it helped me.
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