Re: what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:56 PM, wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 01:38:06PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: >> I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items >> to install prior to configuring is 'alsa-lib'. >> >> I tried >> 'su

Re: what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 01:38:06PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items > to install prior to configuring is 'alsa-lib'. > > I tried > 'sudo apt-get install alsa-lib' > but got the message >

Re: what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

Hi, have a look at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/alsa-lib To the lower left is a list of links titled "binaries". Those are the readily installable packages which stem from source package "als-lib": https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/alsa-lib Normally you don't build from source pac

Re: what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 01:38:06PM -0800, Dan Hitt wrote: > I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items > to install prior to configuring is 'alsa-lib'. > > I tried > 'sudo apt-get install alsa-lib' > but got the message > 'E: Unable to locate package alsa-lib' >

what is the difference between a source package and a package (want alsa-lib in stretch)

I'm trying to build some software, and one of the long list of items to install prior to configuring is 'alsa-lib'. I tried 'sudo apt-get install alsa-lib' but got the message 'E: Unable to locate package alsa-lib' So i looked around on the internet, and saw a page for an alsa-lib package