configure error

[Phillip J Shelton <shelton11 dingoblue net au>]

I get the following error when I try to compile gnumeric-0.57.  I am of
the opinion that it is because my compiler is not configured properly
but I do not know what I have to do to configure it properly.

configure:2982: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -Wunused
-I/usr/lib/glib/include -I/usr/X11R6/include   conftest.c  -L/usr/lib
-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -rdynamic -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXi -lXext
-lX11 -lm 1>&5
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_r_debug@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_unload_cache@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_init_next@@GLIBC_2.0'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_signal_error@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_relocate_object@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to
`_dl_initial_searchlist@@GLIBC_2.1'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_global_scope@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_profile@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to
`_dl_global_scope_alloc@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_fpu_control@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_debug_message@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_mcount@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_origin_path@@GLIBC_2.1.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_lazy@@GLIBC_2.1.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_debug_initialize@@GLIBC_2.0'

/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_start_profile@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to
`_dl_check_all_versions@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_dst_count@@GLIBC_2.1.1'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_catch_error@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_map_object@@GLIBC_2.0'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to
`_dl_lookup_versioned_symbol@@GLIBC_2.0'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_loaded@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_main_searchlist@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_profile_map@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_dst_substitute@@GLIBC_2.1.1'

/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to
`_dl_lookup_symbol_skip@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_profile_output@@GLIBC_2.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_map_object_deps@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_debug_impcalls@@GLIBC_2.0'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to
`_dl_lookup_versioned_symbol_skip@@GLIBC_2.0'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_debug_state@@GLIBC_2.0'
/usr/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_lookup_symbol@@GLIBC_2.0'

/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `_dl_platformlen@@GLIBC_2.1.1'
/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `__libc_enable_secure@@GLIBC_2.0'

/lib/libc.so.6: undefined reference to `__libc_stack_end@@GLIBC_2.1'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 2972 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
 return ((gtk_major_version) || (gtk_minor_version) ||
(gtk_micro_version));
; return 0; }