From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:07:32 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > gcc used to be part of 'build-essentials' nut I am not sure it isn't a   
   > default part of most distros these days   
      
      
   i think build-essential is the package for Debian derived distros. It's   
   one the Linux Mint machine I installed recently and the Ubuntu box. The   
   Fedora and Arch boxes also have gcc and I don't remember explicitly   
   installing it.   
      
   I do remember being disappointed by earlier distros 'Oh, you wanted to   
   build something? You need to install...'   
      
   clang needs to be installed.   
      
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