Thanks, I think I get the concept of what an -dev is.
But what is a header file?
On 3/16/15, Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:07:26PM +0800, Ivan Tham wrote:
>> Thanks, but how do I know about the -dev, but how do I know
>> libxinerama-dev?
>
> Experience and / or guess-work. Compiler complaining about "$HEADER.h"?
> Try installing lib$HEADER-dev (Debian) or $HEADER-devel (RHEL). Failing
> that, just Google it. If you search "debian xinerama.h", the first
> result is "Debian -- File list of package libxinerama-dev/wheezy/s...".*
> Even better, the 5th result is "[SOLVED] Cannot compile dwm window
> manager - Ubu..." (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1843661).
> There are also things like apt-file or "yum whatprovides" which can aid
> in offline searching.
>
> * This is assuming Google isn't doing personalized search result
> munging.
>
> Eric
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 16 2015 - 05:32:44 CET