[ale] Linux Compile Error

[bwentdg at pipeline.com]

I just downloaded sever shareware packages.
In each of them the instructions say to 1st do an "imake" the a "make".

The problem is that when I do the "imake" I get the same error on each
package.
The error is

       " Imakefile.c:13 Imake.tmpl No such file or directory"

I've reloaded the packages several times and they look ok.
I've read the man page but I'm still kind of clueless.....

Are the packages corrupt ? Or is there a bit'o magic I'm missing ?

THX in Advance for Any Help Or Pointers