ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install make Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Package make is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package make has no installation candidate ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ make bash: make: command not found ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ ---- ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ gcc bash: gcc: command not found ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ apt-cache search gcc libgcj7-jar - Java runtime library for use with gcj (jar files) libgcc1 - GCC support library libgcj7 - Java runtime library for use with gcj gcc-4.0-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) gcj-4.1-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (gcj base package) gcc-3.3-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install gcc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Package gcc is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package gcc has no installation candidate ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.0-base Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done gcc-4.0-base is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ulfar@guru:/etc/init.d$