[SDL] SDL Install/Build problem with MingW & MSys

[TomR]

Hi all!
Big-time newb here, so please bear with me.

I'm having no luck getting SDL to install/build on my system.
Info:
WindowsXP Home
MingW32  2.0.0.3 (from Latest Releases at
http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml )
MSys  1.0.8 (from Latest Releases at http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml )
SDL  1.2.5a (Win32 Development Library SDL-devel-1.2.5a-mingw32.tar.gz from
http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php )


What I did:
I installed MingW32 to c:\mingw
I installed MSys to c:\msys
--Msys install routine apparently found MingW, as my /etc/fstab already has
"c:/mingw mingw" set up.
I unzipped the SDL archive to /home/[username]/SDL
After getting an error, I found http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/gcc.html
I used the "Native win32 for MingW build environment, BUT...
--Since I already had MingW installed and mounted and in my Win32 PATH, Step
3 seemed unnecessary
--Step 4 - There is _no_ /mingw/bin/make.exe - just the mingw32-make.exe -
so I can't do this step
--Step 5 - Having already unzipped SDL-devel-1.2.5a-mingw32.tar.gz to
/home/[username]/SDL, I tried running
---- "./configure && make && make install" as directed with the following
output and error (dashes added)
--------$ ./configure && make && make install
--------loading site script /etc/config.site
--------loading cache ./config.cache
--------checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32
--------checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32
--------checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c
--------checking whether build environment is sane... yes
--------checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
--------checking for working aclocal... missing
--------checking for working autoconf... missing
--------checking for working automake... missing
--------checking for working autoheader... missing
--------checking for working makeinfo... found
--------checking for gcc... gcc
--------checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
--------checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
--------checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
--------checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
--------checking for working const... yes
--------checking for sdl-config... no
--------checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.3... no
--------*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
--------*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
--------*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
--------*** full path to sdl-config.
--------configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.3 not found!


Now, I'm sure I've just made a really silly newb mistake...
... if I could just get someone to point out what that is, I'd be eternally
greatful.
Hopefully I've included enough details, but if not, I'll be happy to include
any other details you might need.

Thanks in advance!
TomR