I don't do Ubuntu, but I do other *nix/*nux and would assume the answer would be the same....
Have you not discovered gcc/make & friends ?
(i.e. already there, under your nose - "whereis/apropos/find make" - unless it's like SuSe which does not always automagically select "compiler tools" category during install
)
For more detailed compiler tutorial, see Google "ubuntu hello world c"
Good luck, and happy coding !
