[Tutor] Installing Python 1.5.2, where is C compiler

[Robert C. Babione]

I am trying to upgrade to Python 1.5.2.  I've done almost nothing with 
1.5.1-10 that came with the installation.  I am just starting and want to 
have Idle.

I've downloaded 1.5.2, unzipped it, and extracted the files.

When I do ./configure, I get a message that there is no gcc or cc in $PATH.

If I add --without -gcc, I get "C compiler cannot create executables."

I have Red Hat 6.0, Linux 2.2.5-15.

I am working at the command line and am very new to Linux - I'm not even 
sure what the question is.

Do I need to install a C compiler?  Just find where the C compiler already 
installed is and fix the path?  (I know about path in DOS, but do not know 
what the parallel command is in Linux.)

Thanks for any information or pointers (I found nothing in the FAQ, the 
tutor, or by searching the Python site).

Bob