Net-SNMP configure script

I am trying to run ./configure and am getting the following...
I am trying to cross-compile net-snmp for an embedded platform (Altera
Nios2) The compiler is nios2-elf-gcc.
I am a newbe at Net-SNMP
Thanks in advance
 
user@user>./configure

checking what to build and install... agent apps man local mibs using
default "enterprise.net-snmp"

using default enterprise sysOID

"NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs..."

using default notifications

"NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpNotifications"

checking if I need to feed myself to ksh... no checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...

configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log'
for more details.