Installing GNU C Library

OK, I'm a Linux n00b, but I need to program in Ubuntu. I've installed the latest gcc, but I can't run the "configure" script in the gnu c library directory I downloaded. I think I'm adding the option that's specifying the separate build directory (".../glib-build"), but I keep on getting an error.

.../glibc-2.4$ ./configure --prefix=/home/prthealien/Desktop/glib-build
configure: error: you must configure in a separate build directory
.../glibc-2.4$ ./configure --exec-prefix=/home/prthealien/Desktop/glib-build
configure: error: you must configure in a separate build directory

Again, I'm a Linux n00b, so I don't know much about doing things from the terminal.

It means you actually have to be in a different directory when you run the configure command than your source code resides in.

You should have to be doing:

Code:

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$ <path to directory with configure script>/configure <options>

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Thanks! I did that and now I am getting this error:

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

I've attached the config log