[Discuss-gnuradio] error: X is required...

[Cicale Randy S 2dLt AFRL/VSBXI]

I'm trying to install the GNU Radio on a Debian system and found that I need 
Xrender to install Xft to install Pango to install GTK+ so that I can use the 
wxgui module.

X windows is located in the typical directories: /usr/X11R6/bin/ and /etc/X11/ 
I've used ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R6/ as well as no prefix specified. I 
always get the error:

Checking for X... no
Configure: error: X is required, but it was either disabled or not found.

Any ideas on how to get this to work? I know X exists because I can use x 
windows. If that fails- how about help on just using text based gnuradio 
programs?