Problems compiling

Hello fellow PostgreSQL users.:)

I am having trouble with the configure file for version 6.4.2. I have
installed and configured and compiled it before without this problem.
However this is a new machine with a wacked out debian install. Here is
the output from my configure run:

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql

loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu
checking echo setting...
checking setting template to... linux_i386
checking setting USE_LOCALE... disabled
checking setting CYR_RECODE... disabled
checking setting MULTIBYTE... disabled
checking setting DEF_PGPORT... 5432
checking setting USE_TCL... disabled
checking setting USE_PERL... disabled
checking setting USE_ODBC... disabled
checking setting ASSERT CHECKING... disabled
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
- setting CPPFLAGS=
- setting LDFLAGS=
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables.

Any ideas? I cannot figure it out. Please help, this is for a senior
project I am working on and I cannot graduate if I dont get it done!:)

TIA,

Jonathan Scott