Debian or Ubuntu setup

The following command install all the required tools and libraries to build and install the Apache Thrift compiler on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux based system.

sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libevent-dev automake libtool flex bison pkg-config g++ libssl-dev 

Then install the Java JDK of your choice. Type javac to see a list of available packages, pick the one you prefer and apt-get install it.

Debian Lenny Users need some packages from backports

sudo apt-get -t lenny-backports install automake libboost-test-dev

Optional packages

Some other packages depend on what languages you want Thrift to support.

• Ruby
  • ruby-full ruby-dev ruby-rspec rake rubygems libdaemons-ruby libgemplugin-ruby mongrel
• Python
  • python-all python-all-dev python-all-dbg
• Perl
  • libbit-vector-perl libclass-accessor-class-perl
• Php, install
  • php5-dev php5-cli phpunit
• C_glib
  • libglib2.0-dev
• Erlang
  • erlang-base erlang-eunit erlang-dev
• Csharp
  • mono-gmcs mono-devel libmono-system-web2.0-cil nunit nunit-console
• Haskell
  • ghc6 cabal-install libghc6-binary-dev libghc6-network-dev libghc6-http-dev
• Thrift Compiler for Windows
  • mingw32 mingw32-binutils mingw32-runtime nsis

Additional reading

For more information on the requirements see: Apache Thrift Requirements

For more information on building and installing Thrift see: Building from source