From d6e076f9612bda5870581a7a244e8dba5425404d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Bilke <lars.bilke@ufz.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:08:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [web] Added Ubuntu gcc install instructions.

---
 .../docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.pandoc    | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.pandoc b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.pandoc
index c7babee22eb..e7ee87b1804 100644
--- a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.pandoc
+++ b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/prerequisites.pandoc
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ As we use lots of features of the C++17-standard we support **Visual Studio {{<
 :::
 
 ::: {.linux}
-If you have a recent linux distribution you should also have a recent gcc. Please check that you have at least **gcc {{< dataFile "versions.minimum_version.gcc" >}}**:
+On Debian-based (e.g. Ubuntu) you need to install the `build-essential`-package (which contains the `gcc`-compiler and the `make`-tool):
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt install build-essential
+```
+
+You need to have at least **gcc {{< dataFile "versions.minimum_version.gcc" >}}**:
 
 ```bash
 $ gcc --version
-- 
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