Installing essential development tools

Ubuntu, by default, does not install the tools necessary to compile and debug software. If you're a programmer working on Ubuntu you have to install the necessary tools (gcc, gdb) by yourself. To do this follow the few steps below:

1) Open a terminal
2) type sudo aptitude install build-essential bin86

You're done.

If you need additional things, for example, a graphical debugger (ddd) type: sudo aptitude install ddd. Or, search the repository other tools, aptitude search electric-fence.

Have a look also at http://www.ubuntuguide.org