About gcc Installation

For details about how to install gcc-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application, refer to the following. I am a newbie and learn how to compile and install mplayer on the Internet.
[Root @ localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3] # mkdir/usr/local/mplay
[Root @ localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3] #./configure -- prefix =/usr/local/mplay/
Detected operating system: Linux
Detected host architecture: i386
Checking for cc version... not found
Checking for gcc version... not found
Checking for gcc-3.3 version... not found
Checking for gcc-3.2 version... not found
Checking for gcc-3.1 version... not found
Checking for gcc3 version... not found
Checking for gcc-3.0 version... not found
Checking for cc version... not found

* ** Please downgrade/upgrade C compiler to version gcc-2.95.x or gcc-3.x! ***
This error is prompted, knowing that the gcc version is too low
Then download the gcc-4.4.1 decompress and create the/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1 directory, then go to this directory and execute/mnt/hgfs/tftpd32.351/gcc-4.4.1/configure -- prefix =/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1/command
Where/mnt/hgfs/tftpd32.351/gcc-4.4.1 is the directory of the source code/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1/for the installation directory error prompt
[Root @ localhost gcc-4.4.1] #/mnt/hgfs/tftpd32.351/gcc-4.4.1/configure -- prefix =/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1/
Checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
Checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
Checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
Checking for a BSD-compatible install.../usr/bin/install-c
Checking whether ln works... yes
Checking whether ln-s works... yes
Checking for gcc... no
Checking for cc... no
Checking for cc... no
Checking for cl... no
Configure: error: in '/usr/local/gcc-4.4.1 ':
Configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $ PATH
See 'config. log' for more details.
Confusing! I don't know what to do.