lonze@lonewolf:~/Desktop$ dpkg -l dpkg libc6 libc6-dev gcc gcc-4.4
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                          Version                       Description
+++-=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
ii  dpkg                          1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5             Debian package management system
ii  gcc                           4:4.4.3-1ubuntu1              The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.4                       4.4.3-4ubuntu5                The GNU C compiler
ii  libc6                         2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8             Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libc6-dev                     2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8             Embedded GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files
lonze@lonewolf:~/Desktop$ gcc -o pass pass.c
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
lonze@lonewolf:~/Desktop$ uname -a
Linux lonewolf 2.6.32-36-generic #79-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 22:29:26 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

lonze@lonewolf:~/Desktop$ cat /etc/issue*
Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS \n \l

Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS