The following general tools are used on various platforms and it is recommended you use these versions or similar:

  * subversion - 1.5.5

  * python - Python 2.4.6

  * curl - curl 7.19.3 (or wget)

  * m4 - GNU M4 1.4.6

  * make - GNU Make 3.81

  * patch - Patch 2.5.8

  * tar - GNU tar 1.15.1

  * wget - GNU Wget 1.11.4 (or curl)