Just in case anyone was wondering, if you’re wanting to compile an application for install on debian or ubuntu, you don’t have to install all the compilers seperately according to some list of required packages make spits out the first time you try to compile.
You can simply install build-essential, which includes all the latest versions of the compilers necessary to build almost anything you can find. The line command is easy:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Now, if you just can’t find it in a repository somewhere, you have the tools necessary to make the install yourself.
Another handy tool is alien. This one allows you to install .rpm (redhat packages) on debian or ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install alien
