Bug#267059: Installation report: RC1

[Thomas Poindessous <thomas@poindessous.com>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 08:17:32AM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> 
> ***PROBLEM: The new installation routine does not install development tools. 
> The nature of Linux with the near standard of ./configure make makes the 
> resultant system very weak. In addition, adding the tools afterward is very 
> error prone. I've used apt to install gcc, g++, etc and (after 2 days) am 
> still not able to compile because of a missing cc1plus. Older versions of the 
> installer made installation of development tools a simple matter of one 
> selection during installation. Either apt needs to be able to actually 
> install working compilers or the installer needs to be able to set up the 
> compilation tools - preferably both should work. The removal of the feature 
> to install development tools makes the installation of Linux from this 
> version of the installer all but useless. Please consider putting the ability 
> to install development tools as part of the base install back in the 
> intaller. This change is a giant step backward.

you just need to install build-essential

and the problem of the missing package is maybe about the gcc
transition, it will be fixed for the release.

And there is no more a development task. Search debian-boot archives for
rationale.

Thanks for your bug report.

-- 
Thomas Poindessous