problem installing wxGTK for audacity
 

./configure leads to:

lnebrown@linux:/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/wxGTK-2.4.2> ./configure --with-gtk
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
loading argument cache configarg.cache
touch: cannot touch `configarg.cache': Permission denied
checking for --enable-gui... yes
checking for --enable-universal... no
checking for --enable-nanox... no
checking for --enable-gtk2... no
checking for --with-libpng... yes

. . . . . .
(a bunch of yes's)
. . . . . .

checking for --enable-pnm... yes
checking for --enable-xpm... yes
checking for --enable-ico_cur... yes
checking for --disable-dynamic_dib... yes
checking for --disable-dynamic_ico_cur... yes
saving argument cache configarg.cache
mv: overwrite `configarg.cache', overriding mode 0644? y
checking for toolkit... gtk
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) 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
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.

Anybody know what I'm missing?

Thanks!

No Suggestions?
 

Nobody can help me out here?

All I really need to do is clip off some of the beginning and end of some WAV audio files before I burn them to a CD. Audacity sounded like a useful audio editing tool (and it requires the software I'm having trouble with), but if I can't work this out can anyone suggest another tool for editing audio?

Thanks!

ps....

here is the end of the config.log file for wxwidgets....
....
configure:9254: gcc -E conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:9314: checking whether gcc needs -traditional
configure:9375: checking for c++
configure:9375: checking for g++
configure:9375: checking for gcc
configure:9407: checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works
configure:9423: gcc -o conftest conftest.C 1>&5
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory
configure: failed program was:

#line 9418 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

int main(){return(0);}