Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [14-11-02 10:08]: > On 2 November 2014 06:10:11 WET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Debain everywhere... > > Ubuntu everywhere... > > > > "To use this library just do a apt-get build-essential, apt-get this > > and apt-get that...your done". > > > > Hrrrmpppfff.... > > > > What the heck is "build-essential?" What's hidden behind it? > > > > I am currently facing a similiar problem: I am trying to get > > a TFT display running. For using this library to access this TFT > > one "only" needs to do a ...guess... "apt-get python smbus". > > > > Neither "smbus' nor "I2C" produces any match in the output of > > eix... > > > > What's that package? Is it in Gentoo? > > > > Any help is very appreciated :) > > > > Best regards, > > mcc > > build-essential is a meta-package for the tools needed to build from source, > which are already there in Gentoo. > > I use packages.debian.org to see what is in a package, or to see which > package contains a file, then eix and educated guesswork usually takes care > of the rest. > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Hi Neil, thanks for the hint! :) Best regards, Meino
