"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 the yum package manager. The full package listing is as follows.

Packages that come with the Developer's Tools installation:

autoconf213
psutils
patchutils
rpm-build
rpm-python
gcc
gcc-c++
gcc-gnat
gcc-java
gcc-objc
gdb
openjade
openssl-perl
patch
tetex
libtool
atk
automake14
automake15
automake16
automake17
cpp
cvs
gtk2
passivetex
texinfo
dejagnu
gettext
flex
dos2unix
doxygen
distcache
bc
bison
byacc
libart_lgpl
gperf
docbook-style-xsl
xmlto
strace
libxml2-python
docbook-dtds
tetex-latex
tetex-dvips
libgcj
xmltex
libgcj-devel
apr-devel
apr-util-devel
openssl-devel
gd-devel
cups-devel
curl-devel
db4-devel
rpm-devel
distcache-devel
python-devel
gettext-devel
glib-devel
glib2-devel
gmp-devel
gettext-devel
expect-devel
bzip2-devel
beecrypt-devel
httpd-devel
kudzu-devel
libattr-devel
libacl-devel
hesiod-devel
krb5-devel
libselinux-devel
libgcrypt-devel
libgpg-error-devel
audit-libs-devel
libusb-devel
zlib-devel
unixODBC-devel
sendmail-devel
tcl-devel
pam-devel
readline-devel
slang-devel
libtiff-devel
libxml2-devel
libxslt-devel
ncurses-devel
net-snmp-devel
newt-devel
openjade-devel
subversion
subversion-devel
subversion-perl

Revisions:

08-11-2008: Article recovered from old KnowledgeBase.