What packages do I need to compile ?

[tebbens]

What packages do I need to compile programs ?

I know I need build-essential, which I installed.

There are a number of automake versions available.
Which automake do I install ?

Do I also install autoconf ?

Thanks!

[InfinityCircuit]

Depends on what you are compiling.

I would get:

aptitude install build-essential devscripts automake autoconf m4 autotools-dev subversion cvs git-core bzr bzrtools mercurial darcs xorg-dev

[tebbens]

Depends on what you are compiling.

I would get:

aptitude install build-essential devscripts automake autoconf m4 autotools-dev subversion cvs git-core bzr bzrtools mercurial darcs xorg-dev

Thanks for the info !

I always use Synaptic Package Manager so I can view descriptions..etc.
Synaptic show many versions of automake, which would I pick ?

I've never really used aptitude or apt-get, I'll have to lookup what the
differences are.

[nzadLithium]

Just run that command tebbens gave you from the terminal, it will install all the latest versions in repos of those packages. If your really wanting to install them via synaptic just get the latest versions (unless you know you need a specific older version for some reason?)

[InfinityCircuit]

eee:/home/dmr# aptitude search --disable-columns -F '%p %V' ~n^automake
automake 1:1.10.1-3
automake1.10 <none>
automake1.4 1:1.4-p6-13
automake1.4-doc <none>
automake1.7 1.7.9-9
automake1.9 1.9.6+nogfdl-3
automake1.9-doc 1.9.6-1
automaken <none>

Just install "automake" it is the newest version (automake 1.10).

[tebbens]

Depends on what you are compiling.

I would get:

aptitude install build-essential devscripts automake autoconf m4 autotools-dev subversion cvs git-core bzr bzrtools mercurial darcs xorg-dev

Found everything in Synaptic, thanks !