> It'd be nice to have something simple to point people at in order to > give them a sane environment in which to build packages. apt-get install build-essential apt-get build-dep <package> Doesn't include tools like lintian, but it's the base environment that are used by the autobuilders to build all debian packages. randolph -- Debian Developer <tausq@debian.org> http://www.TauSq.org/