I've downlaoded uget from its source fourge link. It is a tar.gz file. I have read that i could install a file of this type by extractingits contents and following these steps.

./configure make install

But, when I give ./configure

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether build environment is sane - configure error

Am i following the steps? What am I missing? I know the easiest way is to do

sudo apt-get install uget

But i want to know the reason for its failure. Thanks for your help