[plug] File Dependancies

[Richard Meyer]

>Thanks to Paul finally made the DSL 200 talk to Linux.Many thanks for
that.

>Whilst trying to grasp the installing of applications under Linux i
>thought id try installing Gaim and yahoo chat programs as thats what the
>family uses under that "other" operating system.

>I downloaded for instance the yahoo rpm and clicked on it and got the
>application installer window to come up no problems..It starts to
>isntall and then gives me a list of files it needs or depends on thats
>not installed on my system.One of which is glib_2.3. I have searched for
>this and cant find it any where.

IIRC you are running Mandrake. Start up the "mandrake administration" (or
whatever it's called), enter the root password when prompted, click the
"software" option, click "install software", and then make sure that you
install the software for a "development system". Make sure you click on gcc
libraries, etc.

Be aware that I'm working from memory here, and the exact names between
quotes may be different.

Basically, we're just making sure that you have all the libraries, and such
that you may need to run almost any application.

>Is it the case that with Linux you have to go off and hunt for these
>files and install them seperately.

Sometimes, yes :)

>Thanks for the help.

>Greg aka Linux Newby

RichardM


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