"Developer's Tools" can easily be enabled via the admin section of the AccountCenter. The installation will typically take 10 to 15 minutes. They are required for compiling applications utilizing tools such as "make" and "gcc". They are also required for users who wish to install the yum package manager. The full package listing is as follows.

Packages that come with the Developer's Tools installation:

apr-devel-1.2.7-11
apr-util-devel-1.2.7-6
atk-1.12.2-1.fc6
audit-libs-devel-1.5.5-7.el5
autoconf213-2.13-12.1
automake14-1.4p6-13
automake15-1.5-16
automake16-1.6.3-8
automake17-1.7.9-7
bc-1.06-21
beecrypt-devel-4.1.2-10.1.1
bison-2.3-2.1
byacc-1.9-29.2.2
bzip2-devel-1.0.3-3
cpp-4.1.2-14.el5
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3
curl-devel-7.15.5-2.el5
cvs-1.11.22-5.el5
db4-devel-4.3.29-9.fc6
dejagnu-1.4.4-5.1
distcache-1.4.5-14.1
distcache-devel-1.4.5-14.1
docbook-dtds-1.0-30.1
docbook-style-xsl-1.69.1-5.1
dos2unix-3.1-27.1
doxygen-1.4.7-1.1
expect-devel-5.43.0-5.1
flex-2.5.4a-41.fc6
fontconfig-devel-2.4.1-7.el5
freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5
gcc-4.1.2-14.el5
gcc-c++-4.1.2-14.el5
gcc-gnat-4.1.2-14.el5
gcc-java-4.1.2-14.el5
gcc-objc-4.1.2-14.el5
gd-devel-2.0.33-9.3.fc6
gdb-6.5-25.el5
gettext-0.14.6-4.el5
gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.el5
gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.el5
glib-devel-1.2.10-20.el5
glib2-devel-2.12.3-2.fc6
gmp-devel-4.1.4-10.el5
gnutls-devel-1.4.1-2
gperf-3.0.1-7.2.2
gtk2-2.10.4-19.el5
hesiod-devel-3.1.0-8
httpd-devel-2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3
krb5-devel-1.6.1-17.el5
kudzu-devel-1.2.57.1.15-1.el5.centos
libacl-devel-2.2.39-2.1.el5
libart_lgpl-2.3.17-4
libattr-devel-2.4.32-1.1
libgcj-4.1.2-14.el5
libgcj-devel-4.1.2-14.el5
libgcrypt-devel-1.2.3-1
libgpg-error-devel-1.4-2
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1
libselinux-devel-1.33.4-4.el5
libtiff-devel-3.8.2-7.el5
libtool-1.5.22-6.1
libusb-devel-0.1.12-5.1
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.1
libxslt-devel-1.1.17-2
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.1
mod_dav_svn
ncurses-devel-5.5-24.20060715
neon-0.25.5-5.1
net-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5_1.3
newt-devel-0.52.2-9
openjade-1.3.2-27
openssl-devel-0.9.8b-8.3.el5_0.2
openssl-perl-0.9.8b-8.3.el5_0.2
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-3.26.el5
passivetex-1.25-5.1.1
patch-2.5.4-29.2.2
patchutils-0.2.31-2.2.2
psutils-1.17-26.1
python-devel-2.4.3-19.el5
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-2
readline-devel-5.1-1.1
rpm-build-4.4.2-47.el5
rpm-devel-4.4.2-47.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2-47.el5
sendmail-devel-8.13.8-2.el5
slang-devel-2.0.6-4.el5
strace-4.5.16-1.el5.1
subversion-1.4.2-2.el5
tcl-devel-8.4.13-3.fc6
tetex-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2
tetex-dvips-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2
tetex-dvips-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2
tetex-latex-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2
tetex-latex-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2
texinfo-4.8-14.el5
unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1
xmltex-20020625-8
xmlto-0.0.18-13.1
yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.fc6
zlib-devel-1.2.3-3

Revisions:

02-13-2009: Added mod_dav_svn