Arch Linux has a group of packages containing all the basic development tools.
To install:
pacman -S base-devel
This group contains the following packages:
$ pacman -Sg base-devel
base-devel autoconf
base-devel automake
base-devel binutils
base-devel bison
base-devel fakeroot
base-devel file
base-devel findutils
base-devel flex
base-devel gawk
base-devel gcc
base-devel gettext
base-devel grep
base-devel groff
base-devel gzip
base-devel libtool
base-devel m4
base-devel make
base-devel pacman
base-devel patch
base-devel pkg-config
base-devel sed
base-devel sudo
base-devel texinfo
base-devel util-linux
base-devel which