Ubuntu base

[vignesh]

I installed Ubuntu4.10 in custom mode.(i.e) no gui.How do I add the build-essential package so I can compile c programs.Also how do I add emacs package.

[nad]

Use the dselect utility for package management. It is curses based and can be a llittle unnerving to learn, but will show you the current state of all the available packages for your installation as well as allow you to perform package management.

[pmjdebruijn]

Hi,

apt-get / apt-cache are also nice...

apt-cache search build-essential
apt-get install build-essential emacs

Besides, I high recommend using 5.04...

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn