[Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install

[tonj]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seth Mattinen" <sethm at rollernet.us>
To: <dovecot at dovecot.org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install


> tonj wrote:
>> 
>> ----- 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?
> 
> It compiles source code into a binary executable.

so where does a newbie get this complier?