<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><pre>I did "sudo apt-get... build-essential" and it took about an hour<br>on dial-up. It went much quicker than I thought it would.<br>I could see it was installing C/C++ language modules.<br><br>So I went directly to testing the compiler. <br>A simple "Hello World" type program compiled, and executed:<br>SUCCESS.<br><br>As to "module assistant", I am reading about this now.<br><br>Since the Install-fest is fast approaching, I am also trying to <br>figure out, 1)opengl 2) R language/package.<br>As to WiFi, unless I stumble across some easy solution, I will<br>shelve that, because I may hve to buy a external USB transeiver.<br><br>Collins wrote:<br>><i> Did you install 'build-essential'? That's the Debian meta-package that<br></i>><i> provides compiler and libraries support that you need to compile<br></i>><i> packages.<br></i>><i>
<br><br></i>Grant wrote:<br>I like to use the module assistant to make sure I have everything like <br>that I might need. I run it, update, prepare, and then exit without <br>building any actual modules. Now I have everythign I need to build <br>anything, including modules (like VMWare or NVIDIA drivers).<br></pre>
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