I also faced the problem and managed to fixed it by modifying the source file named glines.c in five-or-more.
I referred to this post: http://askubuntu.com/questions/165478/game-five-or-more-simply-crashes-without-opening-in-ubuntu-12-04
Only the first part mentioned in the top answer need to be modified since the second one had been fixed.
Hope these information helps someone.
ps. there are a lot of package need to be installed to make the ./configure work.
I also faced the problem and managed to fixed it by modifying the source file named glines.c in five-or-more.
I referred to this post: http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 165478/ game-five- or-more- simply- crashes- without- opening- in-ubuntu- 12-04
Only the first part mentioned in the top answer need to be modified since the second one had been fixed.
Hope these information helps someone.
ps. there are a lot of package need to be installed to make the ./configure work.