�rico Teixeira wrote: > I'm trying to install gcc trough tarball Could you say a few words about why the distribution compiler is not desirable? > how should I proceed on this ? sudo apt-get install build-essential The 'build-essential' meta-package pulls in libc header files, gcc, g++, and make and those pull in additional components. Depending upon what you are compiling you may need additional packages such as bison, flex, etc. To rebuild a particular package the build dependencies may be used to install the needed packages. sudo apt-get build-dep SOMEPACKAGE For Debian specific items the best forum to ask your questions is debian-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Bob
