Spine will not configure

[skprmark]

I can't seem to get spine to configure. I'm not sure what I might be doing wrong here but am not really a Linux guy.
I am trying to configure 0.8.7i and when I run the script it won't complete. Here is a snip of the first issue in the logs. I have
attached the entire log to this post.

Thanks

configure checking for style of include used by make
configure result: GNU
configure checking dependency style of gcc
configure result: gcc3
configure checking how to run the C preprocessor
configure gcc -E conftest.c
configure $? = 0
configure gcc -E conftest.c
conftest.c:11:28: error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
configure $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Spine Poller"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "spine-poller"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.8.7i"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Spine Poller 0.8.7i"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "http://www.cacti.net/bugs.php"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define PACKAGE "spine"
| #define VERSION "0.8.7i"
| /* end confdefs.h. */
| #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
configure:4002: result: gcc -E
configure:4022: gcc -E conftest.c
configure:4022: $? = 0
configure:4036: gcc -E conftest.c
conftest.c:11:28: error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
configure:4036: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Spine Poller"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "spine-poller"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.8.7i"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Spine Poller 0.8.7i"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "http://www.cacti.net/bugs.php"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define PACKAGE "spine"
| #define VERSION "0.8.7i"
| /* end confdefs.h. */
| #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
configure:4065: checking whether ln -s works
configure:4069: result: yes
configure:4122: checking how to print strings

[Howie]

Moved to Linux forum.

[gandalf]

Did you run the bootstrap script?
R.

[skprmark]

No I did not. I will take a look thanks.