It is assumed that a standard installation of the operating system is used.
Insert the installation media.
Click System, at the top.
Click Administration
Click Synaptic Package Manager.
Provide the user's password, if asked for it.
In the Package Manager, search for "build-essential". At the right side of the window mark the package for installation. When it asks Mark additional required changes, click Mark.
Do the same for the following packages:
- libgtk2.0-dev
- libsqlite3-dev
- libxml2-dev
- git-core
- libenchant-dev
- libgtkhtml3.14-dev
- libcurl4-openssl-dev
- rcs
Apply the changes.
The installer will download some packages from the installation media or the internet and take a while to update the system.
Close the window when through.
Open a terminal by clicking Applications, Accessories, Terminal.
Install the optional components.
If collaboration is used, install git version 1.5.3 from source.