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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:07:32 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> gcc used to be part of 'build-essentials' nut I am not sure it isn't a
> default part of most distros these days


i think build-essential is the package for Debian derived distros. It's 
one the Linux Mint machine I installed recently and the Ubuntu box. The 
Fedora and Arch boxes also have gcc and I don't remember explicitly 
installing it.

I do remember being disappointed by earlier distros 'Oh, you wanted to 
build something? You need to install...' 

clang needs to be installed.