Debian:

aptitude install make automake gcc g++ kernel-package fakeroot libncurses-dev kernel-source-`uname -r` linux-headers-`uname -r`

or:

aptitude install build-essential

Fedora:

su -
yum install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel

of:

su -
yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"