make error - cannot find -lperl

Using Linux 2.6.26-2-686 running on VirtualBox 3.2.8 r64453 on an HP running Windows 7

net-snmp version 5.5

Followed instructions in file INSTALL

when I ran "make" I got the following

/bin/sh ../libtool  --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Ulinux -Dlinux=linux  -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE   -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 20:0:0 -o libnetsnmpagent.la snmp_agent.lo snmp_vars.lo agent_read_config.lo agent_registry.lo agent_index.lo agent_sysORTable.lo agent_trap.lo kernel.lo agent_handler.lo mibgroup/snmpv3/usmConf.lo mibgroup/agentx/master.lo mibgroup/agentx/subagent.lo mibgroup/utilities/execute.lo mibgroup/utilities/iquery.lo mibgroup/mibII/vacm_conf.lo mibgroup/agentx/protocol.lo mibgroup/agentx/client.lo mibgroup/agentx/master_admin.lo mibgroup/agentx/agentx_config.lo  ../snmplib/libnetsnmp.la   -Wl,-E  -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libtool: link: gcc -shared  .libs/snmp_agent.o .libs/snmp_vars.o .libs/agent_read_config.o .libs/agent_registry.o .libs/agent_index.o .libs/agent_sysORTable.o .libs/agent_trap.o .libs/kernel.o .libs/agent_handler.o mibgroup/snmpv3/.libs/usmConf.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/master.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/subagent.o mibgroup/utilities/.libs/execute.o mibgroup/utilities/.libs/iquery.o mibgroup/mibII/.libs/vacm_conf.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/protocol.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/client.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/master_admin.o mibgroup/agentx/.libs/agentx_config.o   -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/home/barry/mercury/net-snmp-5.5/snmplib/.libs ../snmplib/.libs/libnetsnmp.so -lcrypto -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt  -Wl,-E   -Wl,-soname -Wl,libnetsnmpagent.so.20 -o .libs/libnetsnmpagent.so.20.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libnetsnmpagent.la] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/barry/mercury/net-snmp-5.5/agent'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 1
barry:/home/barry/mercury/net-snmp-5.5#


where should "perl" come from?

Barry

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