Re: Out of curiosity

2013-11-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/01/2013 05:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: * you do not need devel-packages as user One exception: if you're using akmod-nvidia, you need the kernel-devel package as well. This may also be true for other akmod packages, but that's the only one I'm familiar with. Still, as a general rule I

Re: Out of curiosity

2013-11-02 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.11.2013 01:20, schrieb Roger: > Why, when installing a new app do we need to also install the -libs and the > -devel > if the app is needed to make another app work you do not need any devel-package if you do not compile software from source if you think so post specific output about what

Re: Out of curiosity

2013-11-01 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 11:20:51AM +1100, Roger wrote: > Why, when installing a new app do we need to also install the -libs > and the -devel if the app is needed to make another app work. > Why cannot -libs be part of the installation if they are that > important to the operation. This is a good

Re: Out of curiosity

2013-11-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/02/13 08:20, Roger wrote: > Why, when installing a new app do we need to also install the -libs and the > -devel if the app is needed to make another app work. > Why cannot -libs be part of the installation if they are that important to > the operation. > Why are -devel, which I'm guessing