On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 01:49:49PM -0500, sam rosenfeld wrote: | When I installed my current (debian-2.2r2) distribution, I think I | unconsciously chose a reduced version -- that is, with a smallish subset | of the files on the CD-rom. I may also have chosen a much too small set | of lib files. The problem: After downloading files from the net (just | about any files, any URLs), I cannot compile the programs. One issue -- I | I have libc-6.1.something, and most of the programs I've downloaded in the | past few months want a post-6.2 libc. However, many of my attempts to | compile end with error messages that mention a variety of other dependency | files which cannot be found by the make or build.
To compile programs you also need to install the -dev packages that correspond to the binary package. For example, libc6-dev. | The question: Is it a good idea to reinstall, possibly with debian-2.2r3, | which I can easily get? And is reinstallation likely to cure my condition? Only if you install the -dev packages then. It is easier to simply 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' to get the 2.2r3 packages installed on your system. HTH, -D
