[Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install

[tonj]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralf Hildebrandt" <Ralf.Hildebrandt at charite.de>
To: <dovecot at dovecot.org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install


>* tonj <tonj at freeuk.com>:
> 
>> checking for gcc... no
>> checking for cc... no
>> checking for cl.exe... no
>> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> 
> No compiler, no compilation. Easy?

not for a newbie no.
what's a complier?