[Gdal-dev] make error

[Laurie C G Menviel]

Hi,
I am trying to install gdal on a linux machine.
I ran the configure script similingly without problems but when I run make I get the following error:

GNUmakefile:44: warning: overriding commands for target `libgdal.la'
GNUmakefile:40: warning: ignoring old commands for target `libgdal.la'
(cd port; make)
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/bin/gdal/port'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile g++ -Wall  -O2   -I../port  -c -o cpl_conv.o cpl_conv.cpp
 g++ -Wall -O2 -I../port -c cpl_conv.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/cpl_conv.o
In file included from cpl_conv.cpp:173:
cpl_string.h:198: string: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [cpl_conv.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/bin/gdal/port'
make: *** [port-target] Error 2

Any idea on how to make this work would be really appreciated.
Thanks
laurie