+In debian unstable, you want these packages:
+gcc
+gettext
+automake1.7
+autoconf
+libtool
+libxft2-dev
+libxrender-dev
+pkg-config
+libglib2.0-dev
+libxml2-dev
+
+tip: run "update-alternatives --config automake" and select automake1.7 before
+ running ./configure