If you are an Ubuntu or Debian user, you are looking for build-essential for OpenSUSE or SUSE Linux Enterprise.
Build essential is a package that references all packages required to compile a Debian package.
It is a common practice for developers to install this package to get the first stage of their development environment setup.
In the SUSE world, there is no such thing as a build-essential. Instead, it uses patterns. Patterns are a group of software packages that can be easily installed. If you have used Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it is similar to groupinstall.
To check what software packages devel_basics ships with you can run zypper info.
<pre class="wp-block-code">```
zypper info -t pattern devel_basis
The output should be like the example below.
```
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Information for pattern devel_basis:
------------------------------------
Repository : openSUSE-Leap-15.2-1
Name : devel_basis
Version : 20170319-lp152.6.3
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed : Yes
Visible to User : Yes
Summary : Base Development
Description :
Minimal set of tools for compiling and linking applications.
Contents :
S | Name | Type | Dependency
---+---------------------------------+---------+------------
i | autoconf | package | Required
i | automake | package | Required
i | binutils | package | Required
i | bison | package | Required
i | cpp | package | Required
i | flex | package | Required
i | gcc | package | Required
i | gdbm-devel | package | Required
i | gettext-tools | package | Required
| gettext-tools-mini | package | Required
i | glibc-devel | package | Required
i | libtool | package | Required
i | m4 | package | Required
i | make | package | Required
i | makeinfo | package | Required
i | ncurses-devel | package | Required
i | patch | package | Required
i | patterns-base-basesystem | package | Required
i+ | patterns-devel-base-devel_basis | package | Required
i | zlib-devel | package | Required
i | bin86 | package | Recommended
i | binutils-devel | package | Recommended
i | e2fsprogs-devel | package | Recommended
i | fdupes | package | Recommended
i | gcc-c++ | package | Recommended
i | gcc-info | package | Recommended
i | git | package | Recommended
i | glibc-info | package | Recommended
i | gmp-devel | package | Recommended
i | gperf | package | Recommended
i | libaio-devel | package | Recommended
i | libapparmor-devel | package | Recommended
i | libdb-4_8-devel | package | Recommended
i | libosip2-devel | package | Recommended
i | libstdc++-devel | package | Recommended
i | openldap2-devel | package | Recommended
i | pam-devel | package | Recommended
i | patch | package | Recommended
i | pkg-config | package | Recommended
i | subversion | package | Recommended
```
```
To get the `devel_basis` installed on SUSE, simply run this command.
```
```
sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
```
```
Now you have `devel_basis` installed it on your SUSE machine.
If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment below.