Cannot compile any software

I have Linux Mint 17. I wanted to compile python 3.4.2 from source. During the ./configure command, everything went well until an error came out.

configure: creating ./config.status
./config.status: line 476: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
./config.status: line 476: `    *\'*) ac_optarg=`$as_echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;'

This was not the first time I have had this problem. This problem happens when I compile any software from source.