In this brief tutorial, we will be discussing how to install development tools in popular Linux distributions like Arch Linux, CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, and openSUSE etc. These development tools includes all necessary applications, such as GNU GCC C/C++ compilers, make, debuggers, man pages and others which are needed to compile and build new softwares, packages.

Install Development Tools In Linux

The developer tools can be installed either individually one by one or all at once. We are going to install all at once to make things much easier.

1. Install Development Tools In Arch Linux and derivatives

To install development tools in Arch Linux and its derivatives like Antergos, Manjaro Linux, just run:

sudo pacman -Syyu

sudo pacman -S base-devel

There are 25 members in the Arch Linux development tools group, such as,

1. autoconf
2. automake
3. binutils
4. bison
5. fakeroot
6. file
7. findutils
8. flex
9. gawk
10. gcc
11. gettext
12. grep
13. groff
14. gzip
15. libtool
16. m4
17. make
18. pacman
19. patch
20. pkg-config
21. sed
22. sudo
23. texinfo
24. util-linux
25. which

Just hit ENTER to install all of them.

2. Install Development Tools In RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Fedora

To install development tools in Fedora, RHEL and its clones such as CentOS, Scientific Linux, run the following commands as root user.

yum update

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

The above command is going to install all necessary developer tools, such as:

1. autoconf
2. automake
3. bison
4. byacc
5. cscope
6. ctags
7. diffstat
8. doxygen
9. elfutils
10. flex
11. gcc/gcc-c++/gcc-gfortran
12. git
13. indent
14. intltool
15. libtool
16. patch
17. patchutils
18. rcs
19. subversion
20. swig

3. Install Development Tools In Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives

To install required developer tools in DEB based systems, run:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential

This command will all necessary packages to setup the development environment in Debian, Ubuntu and its derivatives.

1. binutils
2. cpp
3. gcc-5-locales
4. g++-multilib
5. g++-5-multilib
6. gcc-5-doc
7. gcc-multilib
8. autoconf
9. automake
10. libtool
11. flex
12. bison
13. gdb
14. gcc-doc
15. gcc-5-multilib
16. and many.

You now have the necessary development tools to develop a software in your Linux box.

4. Install Development Tools In openSUSE/SUSE

To setup development environment in openSUSE and SUSE enterprise, run the following commands as root user:

zypper refresh

zypper update

zypper install -t pattern devel_C_C++

Verifying Installation

Now, Let us verify the develop tools have been installed or not. To do so, run:

gcc -v

make -v

As you see in the above output, the development tools have been successfully installed. Start developing your applications!

That’s all for today! On behalf of OSTechNix, I wish you a very Happy New Year 2017. May the new year bring new hopes and opportunities for you!

Cheers!!