Globus Toolkit installer, from Globus Toolkit 4.0 download page
J2SE 1.4.2+ SDK from Sun, IBM, HP, or BEA (do not use GCJ).
Ant 1.5.1+ (1.6.1+ if using Java 1.5). If you are using the ant shipped
-Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles.
C compiler. If gcc, avoid version 3.2. 3.2.1 and 2.95.x are okay.
GNU tar
GNU sed
zlib 1.1.4+
GNU Make
sudo
JDBC compliant database. For instance, PostgreSQL 7.1+
gpt-3.2autotools2004 (shipped with the installers, but required if building standalone GPT bundles/packages)