What is the Fedora equivalent of the Debian build-essential package?
2 Answers
The closest equivalent would probably be to install the below packages:
sudo dnf install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel
However, if you don't care about exact equivalence and are ok with pulling in a lot of packages you can install all the development tools and libraries with the below command.
sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"
On Fedora version older than 32 you will need the following:
sudo dnf groupinstall @development-tools @development-libraries
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@AspiringDev
@development-tools
are available,@development-libraries
aren’t. Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 14:33 -
1@JurajFiala not on Fedora 32 at least:
Module or Group '@development-tools' is not available. Error: Nothing to do.
Commented Jun 27, 2020 at 2:12 -
2Fedora 36 -
sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries" "Development Tools"
works for me.– lqlarryCommented Jun 23, 2022 at 20:25
For Fedora 23 and up to somewhere near Fedora 32. Also works in Fedora 38.
dnf install @development-tools
Installing gcc
and g++
might also be needed.
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For what it's worth, this is a literal equivalent to
build-essential linux-headers-generic
; it only installs what's needed to compile software (like gcc and make) as well as kernel headers. Thanks!– andlabsCommented Apr 26, 2016 at 15:52 -
My mistake;
linux-headers-generic
also requires Fedora packagelinux-devel
.– andlabsCommented Apr 26, 2016 at 18:38 -
1I think the answer should be updated, since this is the better answer for modern versions of fedora.– KirkCommented Oct 29, 2016 at 12:02
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6I had to run
sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries"
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@development-tools
doesn't seem to includegcc-c++
, so I also had to install the C Development group as mentioned by @davidtbernal– jocullCommented Apr 30, 2019 at 19:20