Finding compiler

[Joseph Felps]

This is the error I get:

You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler. 

Here's what I did.  I compiled and installed gcc-3.3 to /usr/local/gcc-3.3/
I then uninstalled the compiler that comes with debian, which is gcc 
2.95.  Now i tried to get this set up right so CC would look to gcc-3.3 
with update-alternatives, but I have been unable to figure it out.  I 
understand the error but I don't know how to fix it.