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I want to install packages with using make file. What are the necessary packages for build ,compile package and install make file ?

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build_essential to start with. Then you can install necessary dependancies/support libraries based off apt-get build-dep, or the error messages from ./configure.

If you want to grow together a quick and dirty deb for install, use checkinstall instead of make install

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Do you want to make a "make file" or compile it?

If it's for writing a make file: gedit or your preferred editor.

If it's for compilation, it's easy: gcc, g++, make, devtools (or maybe dev-tools or development-tools).

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or just build-essential –  Karthik T Oct 15 '12 at 7:28
just build-essential –  K.K Patel Oct 15 '12 at 8:05

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