Problems finding X when configuring

[Shawn McCuan <mccuan@wave3.org>]

Whenever i try to configure anything (by running ./configure), It always 
stops at "/Checking for X/" or "/Checking for libXext/" or "/Checking 
for X Includes/" . Im fairly sure that my computer has xfree86 
installed, (ive ran */apt-get install xserver-xfree86/*) and i believe 
the directory to xserver "stuff" is at /*/usr/X11R6/lib/X11*/. So, ive 
even tried running configuring scripts with the command  */./configure 
--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/

/*But, i am fairly new to linux, so, maybe I am missing something 
obvious to everyone else. Can someone help me figure out why I cant get 
anything to configure past this point?

Thanks!
Shawn McCuan
mccuan@wave3.org