Look at your /etc/apt/sources.list -- everything is in there and once you change anything be sure to do an apt-get update. on Friday 10/17/2008 Steve Holmes(steve at holmesgrown.com) wrote > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Well I guess I have to go and find another mirror!!! I like > easynews.com for its speed but I keep getting '404' errors on these > lib dev packages. I can't even lookup the change logs on > libstd-6.4.3. > > This brings me to another question. Since I picked the appropriate > mirror during installation, I don't know how to pick a new one now > that I have a running system. I've been generally using aptitude with > good results up til now but these 404's got me down. I'll be looking > around for a way to reconfigure this thing <sigh>. > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 04:01:28PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > Steve, > > > > On Debian, the library packages often come in two parts, one part is > > sufficient to support precompiled applications, and the other part > > containing the necessary headers etc. needed to compile sources. Those > > second parts are often not automatically installed along with the first > > parts. They will end with "-dev" (for development). > > > > So type "aptcache search <library name>" and you will be shown all the > > various packages associated with a given library, then just install the > > missing "-dev" package, and your compiles will work fine. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:46:51PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > I've got a testing version of Lenny here but can't find the C standard > > > headers. I've installed every imaginable package pertaining to gcc > > > and friends but when I go to compile any c programs like espeakup, I > > > get not found errors all over the place for simple header files like > > > stdio.h, errno.h, and so forth. I know these to be standard c headers > > > but the basic gcc package in debian doesn't seem to have them. I also > > > installed libstd-6-4-3... but still no joy. What the hell am I > > > missing here? I like Debian's package management strategy but I really > > > wish they wouldn't split up some critical packages this way. As far > > > as right now is concerned, I cannot compile any c programs. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj466oACgkQWSjv55S0LfGvqQCdEH7h/4LjWjh5T5bMGdyQ2Zdl > > > G2IAnjb/KgtlqsYOxZMW37qa996cLU4M > > > =yT3p > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (88% of Full) > > > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. > > -------- > > Sarah Palin: At last, a Beauty Queen who doesn't want World Peace. > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj5BrUACgkQWSjv55S0LfGKOwCeMeq2mbxpeul9ZuR6Zl2j2J1z > LsYAniIUZ2KbDOKX2l6Aqt4LxQFQRamK > =o6dU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
