| ## 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| Debian stable users need to manually install a more recent automake version: |
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| wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/automake-1.14/automake_1.14.1-3_all.deb |
| sudo dpkg -i automake_1.14.1-3_all.deb |
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| ## Optional packages |
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| Some other packages depend on what languages you want Thrift to support. |
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| * 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 |
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| ## Additional reading |
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| For more information on the requirements see: [Apache Thrift Requirements](/docs/install) |
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| For more information on building and installing Thrift see: [Building from source](/docs/BuildingFromSource) |