On Thursday 04 August 2011 03:52:49 pm Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:46:44 +0000, Walter Hurry wrote: > > Short answer: Because when you are running ./configure and see a > > message saying "Package xyz was not found in the pkg-config search > > path", it usually means (in Debian) that you need to install > > xyz*-dev* (asterisks are for emphasis). xyz alone is not enough for > > the build. > > To amplify: Read the error message and (as Eduardo says) do an > apt-file search for the missing *file*.
Walter, Thanks very much! I learned a few things today (I hope ;-). Among others, I didn't know that apt-file existed--I've now installed it. Randy Kramer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201108041744.17692.rhkra...@gmail.com
