Installing a compiler by default

[Ricardo Pérez López]

El jue, 08-06-2006 a las 11:02 -0700, Matt Zimmerman escribió:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 01:26:20PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:44 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > I would like to propose that, beginning in Edgy, Ubuntu desktop systems
> > > (both live and installed) should, by default, include the set of packages
> > > necessary to compile simple C programs and Linux kernel modules.
> > > 
> > 
> > What specific use case do you have in mind?
> 
> A user requires a driver in order to make effective use of their hardware.
> One is available, but it isn't included in Ubuntu for whatever reason (it
> wasn't suitable for release at the time, or didn't support their particular
> device yet, whatever).  How-to documents are available which explain
> step-by-step how they can get up and running, but they don't work because of
> the lack of a compiler.

Sometimes, those how-to documents doesn't work due to the lack of
firmwares or already precompiled drivers, not for the lack of compilers.
One example is the support for ADSL USB modems.

What about including the compiler into the installation CD, but don't
installing it by default? The only difference between this case and the
lack-of-compiler case could be a simple "sudo apt-get install gcc",
getting the compiler from the CD and without the need for an internet
connection.

Cheers,

Ricardo.