build-essential

[Clint Adams]

> A lot of Linux users are accustomed to using gcc.  Not only developers;
> novices are taught that this is the way to get things done.  They compile
> the kernel.  They compile device drivers.  They compile random things they
> download from the Internet.

In my experience, a lot of Linux users do this and hose their systems
and complain, then are shocked to be told that the software they were
trying to install is available pre-packaged.