I have tried and tried and tried to compile things on linux, it never works no matter what it is. Like right now I am trying to compile angel wars. It just doesnt work nothing ever works someone please help me!

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Ok. Well, I installed SDL, SDL Mixer, libjpeg and libpng all required for Angel Wars. Now It will let met ./configure but when I do make it really screws up here is what I get

root@redrevolution:~/Desktop/Evan/angelwars# make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Evan/angelwars'
Making all in angelwars
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Evan/angelwars/angelwars'
c++ -g -O2 -o angelwars mixer.o main.o main-menu.o main-helper.o imagecache.o
font.o event.o enemy.o enemy-slave.o enemy-morte.o enemy-fatboy.o enemy-bat.o d
isplay.o bullet.o bullet-minibolt.o bullet-lightning.o bullet-firebolt.o boundin
gbox.o behavior.o behavior-sinewave.o behavior-quadratic.o behavior-periodic.o b
ehavior-linear.o behavior-from-keyboard.o behavior-follow.o background.o audioca
che.o anim.o actorlist.o actor.o actor-player.o actor-destructible.o IMG_png.o I
MG_jpg.o IMG_bmp.o IMG.o -lSDL_mixer -lpng -ljpeg -lSDL_mixer -lSDL
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `deflate'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `inflate'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `inflateInit_'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `crc32'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `deflateInit2_'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `inflateReset'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `deflateReset'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `inflateEnd'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.2.3/../../../libpng.so: undefined refere nce to `deflateEnd'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [angelwars] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Evan/angelwars/angelwars'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Evan/angelwars'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

I dont get it