texwork (was Re: [OS X TeX] synctex)

[Iraj Kalantari]

On Jul 14, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> Just to let you know that there is now a pre-pre-pre-release  
> version :) available from the TeXworks development site (see http:// 
> tug.org/texworks for links). There are Mac OS X (universal) and W32  
> binaries for a current snapshot; for Linux, etc., you'll need to  
> build from source (but it's easy to do, just get the appropriate  
> development packages for your distro).
>


Can someone explain to the non-pros (if deemed possible), please,  
where one gets "the appropriate development packages for your  
distro," and how one uses it to "build from the source"?

Iraj Kalantari