compiling kernel 2.2.1

[Ryan Bartig <rdb1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I downloaded the source tree for the 2.2.1 kernel along with the header
files.  When I do a make xconfig inside the /usr/src/linux directory
I get the following

rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
make -C scripts kconfig.tk
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.1/scripts'
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o tkparse.o
tkparse.c
tkparse.c:37: stdio.h: No such file or directory
tkparse.c:38: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
tkparse.c:39: string.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [tkparse.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.1/scripts'
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2


It can't find three very common header files that are used in C/C++.  I
searched the hard drive for the three files but came up with zero.