On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 03:21:28PM -0400, J wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a package in the Ubuntu repositories called build-essential and in > > Fedora it may be called "Development Tools" that you will need first. If > > you are not using Ubuntu or one of its derivatives then there may be a > > similar combination of packages. If not then you will need to install each > > one individually. > > Keep in mind that build-essential will only get you libc6 dev > libraries, gcc and g++ and make. You'll still need to install > development libs and possibly kernel headers depending on what > software you're trying to compile. A gnome program, for instance will > most likely need several gnome development libraries in addition to > the basics. I've always found that in addtion to build-essential, one will want linux-headers-$(uname-r) This will match your running kernel. For Fedora and other RH based systems, development tools has a lot of extra things. I usually start with yum -y install gcc make automake gcc-c++ kernel-devel This will pull in much of what one needs for compiling. What I see frequently, on the Fedora forums, is that someone will update their kernel, but they won't have rebooted--so the kernel-devel package doesn't match their current kernel, and won't until they've rebooted. Also, if one has a PAE kernel, and tries to install kernel-devel, it installs the wrong one--you have to do yum install kernel-PAE-devel. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Maggie Walsh: We use the latest in scientific technology and state-of-the-art weaponry, and you, if I understand correctly, poke them with a sharp stick. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
