HOWTO about how to build apps in Linux

RedHat 5.2 needs following packages diff to plain RH5.2 install
patch
gcc
glibc-devel	will request kernel-headers
make

needed now and then
bison
flex
bin86		needed by kernel build (but by some other apps as well)
kernel-source	especial of course by kernel build

this packages are interesting for BSD style programs
pmake
byacc

this might be of use to examine patch files
diffstat

this claims to be faster then GNU awk gawk
mawk