Linux Prerequisites For IBCP & Git

Several software packages are required to obtain and build the IBCP program from the git repository, which include:

g++    Needed to compile C++ programs (brings libstdc++6 with it)
git    Needed to retrieve the IBCP Git repository
cmake  Needed for the CMake utility

These can either be installed from the GUI package manager (for example the Synaptic Package Manager or Muon Package Manager) or from the command line using the apt-get command, as in sudo apt-get install g++ cmake git.  There are several other packages that are nice to have, but are not required, which include:

gitk              a GUI for displaying a git repository
git-gui           a GUI for working with the git repository
git-man           the manual pages for the git commands
git-doc           alternate documentation for git
cmake-curses-gui  a terminal GUI for cmake (ccmake)
cmake-qt-gui      a nice Qt GUI for cmake (cmake-gui)

I should note that I actually obtained git by cloning the official git source repository and building the latest version (1.7.12.1) myself though git needs to be installed before this can be done.  Quite a few more packages are required to build all of the git package and documentation.  However, the version in the repositories (1.7.9.5 in Mint 13/Ubuntu 12.04) is sufficient for working with the IBCP git repository.  Next up, how to obtain and build the IBCP program.