C compiler in Ubuntu

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:37:30 -0600, Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com> wrote:
> Is the gcc compiler not part of the Ubuntu distribution?  I type gcc at
> a shell prompt and I get a message of no such command.  It appears like
> make is there.
> 
> I find it hard to believe a Linux distribution with no c compiler. What
> am I doing wrong if it is there. How do I get it if it is not there.

the C compiler is not installed by default.

To install it:
 sudo apt-get install build-essential