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Programs and libraries needed for successful build
| Name | Name of binary package | Description |
| glibc | glibc-headers | Main GNU C Library |
| uClibc | uclibc-source (deb) | Alternative to glibc for embedded or lean systems like OpenWrt or Freetz |
| gcc | gcc | GNU C Compiler |
| make | make | Utility for building and linking programs and libraries |
| autoconf >= 2.60 | autoconf | Utility for automatic configuration of the source tree before the build process starts |
| automake >= 1.12 | automake | Utility for automatic Makefile creation |
| libtool | libtool | Helper for creating shared libraries |
| glib2 >= 2.30 | libglib2.0-dev (deb) glib2-devel (rpm) | Cross-platform library with the implementations of many basic algorithms |
| pcre | libpcre3-dev (deb) pcre-devel (rpm) | Library for PERL-compatible regular expressions support. Needed if glib version is lower than 2.14 |
| slang2 | libslang2-dev (deb) slang2-devel (rpm) | Powerfull cross-platform library for text console manipulation. This library is alternative to the ncurses library |
| ncurses | libncurses-dev (deb) ncurses-devel (rpm) | Yet another library for working with text console. May be replaced with S-Lang2 |
| gettext >= 0.18.1 | gettext, autopoint (deb) gettext-devel (rpm) | Multilanguage support |
| cvs | cvs | Concurrent Versions System. Needed for 'autopoint' (from 'gettext' package). Required if gettext is built with --with-cvs |
| pkgconfig | pkgconfig | Utility for automatically getting the linker and compiler flags right to successfully link against other libraries and programs |
| gpm | libgpm-dev (deb) gpm-devel (rpm) | General purpose mouse library for console |
| libssh2 >=1.2.5 | libssh2-1-dev (deb) libssh2-devel (rpm) | Client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol |
| aspell | libaspell-dev (deb) aspell-devel (rpm) | Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell |
| e2fsprogs >=1.42.4 | libext2fs-dev (deb) e2fsprogs-devel (rpm) | Library implementing ext{2,3,4}fs support |
