configure: error: can not guess host type

[clankill3r]

If I look in the file INSTALL it starts with:

To build:

    % ./configure

    Edit config.h to change the configuration options if necessary.

    % make

However, when I run ./configure I get:

creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one

However, I have no clue. I tried .configure -host foobar which gave errors and ``.configure -host localhost` which seems to be fine. I wonder however, once I put this on my server, do I need to rerun it with like the ip of the server or something?