thanks Cris, installing libdb2-dev did the job...I wish that apt-cache can do regex searches in the future..that can make life a lot simpler for people like me.
From: Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: Re: make problems > Try installing libdb2-dev (though I don't know if that's in potato). > Usually when you are having trouble compiling something because of a > missing library, you can be sure that the package that you need to > install begins with "lib" and ends with "-dev". I don't know how a > new user would know about the "db2" part. You know that you need > "db", so you do a search for libdb in apt-cache, I guess. It's a > shame that apt-cache doesn't do regex searches. > > Incidentally, libdb1 depends on libc5, so you probably don't want it. > If libdb2-dev isn't in potato, you might just need libc6-dev. > > Cheers, > Chris > > -- > Got jag? http://www.tribsoft.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
