ubuntu repository question

[Andrew Malcolmson]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:26 PM, bob 295 <icanprogram-sKcZck+fQKg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
...
> Is there an easy way to "discover" what packages I would need to get tools
> like GCC,  make,  Tcl/Tk etc?  or does one have to go by trial and error?
>

The suggestion above to install build-essential is correct.

A good way to browse packages is to run aptitude in full screen (i.e.
curses) mode.  Just run: 'sudo aptitude'.  Read the User Manual from
Help at the top left.
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