In any case you need
- gcc, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3
- or newer is prefered, but gcc-2.95 is still supported. Note
- that gcc-2.95 may spit out many warnings like unused function
- parameters and missing initializers. These are all harmless
- and may be ignored.
+ or newer is prefered, but gcc-2.95 might still work.
- openssl (needed by server, client): usually shipped with
distro, but you might have to install the "development"