Thanks all for the help.
I tried the installer and on a fresh install I tried apt-get install build-essentials i get this:
Thanks for any help.
# apt-get -f install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
build-essential : Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or
libc-dev
Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.9.1) but it is not going to be installed
Quoting kongo sec (kongo86.sec@gmail.com):
> This may sound completely n00b. But this is my first time trying out Debian
> RC release...how do I update from RC1?
Hello,
Nothing is needed. Cyril announcement is the release candidate 2
version *of the installer* for Debian Jessie.
You used the RC1, installed Jessie on your machine and now you have
Debian Jessie on your machine. No Jessie RC1....it doesn't exist.
The installer's purpose is to install Debian on new machines. Once
installed, the update process is the regular update process for Debian
systems.
If you want to *test* the Debian Installer RC2, then you will
reinstall your machine. There are high chances that you don't notice
any difference, indeed....and the resulting system will be exactly the
same as the one you have now.
This isn't a n00b question, that's indeed an FAQ and something we
often explain..:-)
I hope this clears thing out....