Idea #2289: Bundle Linux Development Tools with Ubuntu

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Written by Shining Arcanine the 1 Mar 08 at 20:04. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Every copy of Ubuntu should have GCC and the C Standard libraries available by default. You should not need to download them in order to write and compile C programs.

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bgfeldm wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:08

For Government IT security no compilers are to exist on production systems.

probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:09

Compilers are not something the end user should be involved with at all.

No -dev packages on end user systems please!

garar wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:12

I agree, most users don't need them.

ebrahim wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:13

I like build-essential pre-installed.

dark wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:14

I don't know about anyone else but build-essential should be installed by default because many people use it. Sure the end-user might not need a compiler but for those of us who do it would be nice to include it.

Shining Arcanine wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:30

Linux was made by geeks for geeks. Its distributions should have development tools bundled and that means GCC and the C Standard Libraries.

days_of_ruin wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 21:42

I thought they did come with ubuntu.

infekt wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:00

As an IT Auditor I can tell you that companies will have a fit if they see development tools on non-tech employee's desktops. Infact, COBIT and ITIL (IT Auditing) guidelines define this as a high 'security risk'.

agile wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:06

Really, I'm as lazy as the next developer but I don't see an issue with just doing an apt-get install build-essential and friends when/where applicable.

rawsausage wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 00:57

Seriously, adding any type of compiler and/or debugger on the desktop will BLOCK Ubuntu adoption in several governmental organizations and nothing will help in that. It will also affect companies that are working for such organizations because the same security standards are often imposed on them.

Vadim P. wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 02:23

(this is one of those ideas which has a lot of votes cancelling out each other, I suspect)

moderatelymodest wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 09:31

Why? It is so easy to just install them post install, if you need them.

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