"Developer's Tools" can easily be enabled via the admin section of the AccountCenter. They are required for compiling applications utilizing tools such as make and gcc. They are also required for users who wish to install yum. The full package listing is as follows (versions subject to change based on security updates. for more information, visit http://www.centos.org)

Packages that come with the Developer's Tools installation:
autoconf213-2.13-9
psutils-1.17-23
patchutils-0.2.30-1
rpm-build-4.3.3-18_nonptl
rpm-python-4.3.3-18_nonptl
gcc-3.4.6-3
gcc-c++-3.4.6-3
gcc-gnat-3.4.6-3
gcc-java-3.4.6-3
gcc-objc-3.4.6-3
gdb-6.3.x.0-1.132.EL4
openjade-1.3.2-14
openssl-perl-0.9.7a-43.14
patch-2.5.4-20
tetex-2.0.2-22.EL4.7
libtool-1.5.6-4.EL4.1.c4.4
atk-1.8.0-2
automake14-1.4p6-12
automake15-1.5-13
automake16-1.6.3-5
automake17-1.7.9-5
cpp-3.4.6-3
cvs-1.11.17-9.RHEL4
gtk2-2.4.13-19
passivetex-1.25-3
texinfo-4.7-5.el4.2
dejagnu-1.4.4-2
gettext-0.14.1-13
flex-2.5.4a-33
dos2unix-3.1-21.2
doxygen-1.3.9.1-1
distcache-1.4.5-6
bc-1.06-17.1
bison-1.875c-2
byacc-1.9-28
libart_lgpl-2.3.16-3
gperf-3.x.1-4
docbook-style-xsl-1.65.1-2
xmlto-0.0.18-4
strace-4.5.14-0.EL4.1
libxml2-python-2.6.16-6
docbook-dtds-1.0-25
tetex-latex-2.0.2-22.EL4.7
tetex-dvips-2.0.2-22.EL4.7
libgcj-3.4.6-3
xmltex-20020625-3
libgcj-devel-3.4.6-3
apr-devel-0.9.4-24.5.c4.2
apr-util-devel-0.9.4-21
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-43.14
gd-devel-2.0.28-4.4E.1
cups-devel-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.11
curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4
db4-devel-4.2.52-7.1
rpm-devel-4.3.3-18_nonptl
distcache-devel-1.4.5-6
python-devel-2.3.4-14.3
gettext-devel-0.14.1-13
glib-devel-1.2.10-15
glib2-devel-2.4.7-1
gmp-devel-4.1.4-3
gettext-devel-0.14.1-13
expect-devel-5.42.1-1
bzip2-devel-1.0.2-13.EL4.3
beecrypt-devel-3.1.0-6
httpd-devel-2.0.52-28.ent.centos4
kudzu-devel-1.1.95.15-1
libattr-devel-2.4.16-3
libacl-devel-2.2.23-5
hesiod-devel-3.x.2-30
krb5-devel-1.3.4-33
libselinux-devel-1.19.1-7.2
libgcrypt-devel-1.2.0-3
libgpg-error-devel-1.0-1
audit-libs-devel-1.0.14-1.EL4
libusb-devel-0.1.8-3
zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-1.2
unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-1.RHEL4.1
sendmail-devel-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5
tcl-devel-8.4.7-2
pam-devel-0.77-66.17
readline-devel-4.3-13
slang-devel-1.4.9-8
libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12
libxml2-devel-2.6.16-6
libxslt-devel-1.1.11-1
ncurses-devel-5.4-13
net-snmp-devel-5.1.2-11.EL4.7
newt-devel-0.51.6-9.rhel4
openjade-devel-1.3.2-14

Revisions:

07-20-2009: Minor Fixes