how to solve this php installation and configuration problem

Hi, I can install Apache and PHP with Red Hat rpm file on Red Hat 7 without any problem, but when I install and configue PHP with tar file, i have faced the following problem: [root@h240c1 php-4.0.4pl1]# ./configure --with-apache=/usr/local/apache creating cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no checking for working aclocal... missing checking for working autoconf... missing checking for working automake... missing checking for working autoheader... missing checking for working makeinfo... missing Updated php_version.h checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld checking for gawk... gawk checking for bison... no checking for byacc... no configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parser s. checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH [root@h240c1 php-4.0.4pl1]# So what is the problem and what should I do now? Thanks