Can not guess your host type

Hi all,

I am trying to install PG 7 but have hit a stupid hurdle. I am running linux on
Intel, but I kepp
getting this error message spewed out:

[root(at)laptop1 src]# ./configure --with-tcl --with-perl --with-odbc
--host="linux"
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `linux': machine `linux' not
recognized

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configure does not currently recognize your operating system,
therefore you must do a manual configuration of:

Please contact scrappy(at)hub(dot)org to see about rectifying this,
including the above 'checking host system type...' line
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If anyone can help me get over this hurdle, would be appreciated!
Thanks,

Brad