[wellylug] Suse 10 & GCC

[Bill Christiansen]

On 11/17/05, Bill Christiansen <bill.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 11/17/05, David Harrison <david.harrison at stress-free.co.nz> wrote:
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> > By default compilers are not installed.
> > Using Yast you should install make, c-devel and gcc.
> > If you select any one of those packages the dependency resolution
> > routine should select everything you need to start compiling.
> > Just remember that the header packages for any library are usually
> > separate to the library.
> > If you want to compile something that requires specific libraries
> > make sure you install the respective -devel package for that library.
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> > David
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> > Thanks,
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> It turned out I had disabled my dvd source thinking it would be able to
> get the packages from ftp since ftp is working for updates but I re-enabled
> the dvd source and now search in Yast2 can find the required packages. I
> will have to work out the correct format for adding the mirror sources.
> Bill
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Well I did compile gnome-ppp but it needed to be run setuid to enable it to
start pppd which being a gtk+ app didn't like but then I realised I could
just install kppp even if I'm running Gnome, so I did and it works :)
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