!!! URGENT - Need help ... Installing Python !!!

[HoKi]

Hi 2 everyone,
I've got some problems installing Python 2.1 on SuSE-Linux 7.0.
Perhaps, I'm too silly for installing ... here are my worksteps

a) after downloading http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.1/Python-2.1.tgz
    in directory "/installationen" => unpacking:  gunzip -c Python-2.1.tgz
|tar xvf -

b) executing:  ./configure
    used compiler: gcc

c) when I wanted to start "make", i became following message:
    > make


>gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -o
Modules/python.o Modules/python.c
    >In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36,
    >            from Include/Python.h:48,
    >            from Modules/python.c:3:
    >/usr/include/bits/errno.h:25: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory
    >make: *** [Modules/python.o] Error 1

What was wrong? What does the Errormessage mean? Do I have a
misconfiguration on my system? How can I remove this Error?
Please help me ... it's very important for my diploma ...

-Holger-