Re: What exactly are the lib and include flags about?

The include files are the header files, with .h suffixes. If the libs are in /usr/local/lib, the header files will be in /usr/local/include. (or the pair /usr/lib /usr/include ). They may be in a subdir too, or have a link pointing to them. The header files, list the functions available in the c lib, and how to access them, and some constant definitions.

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Re^2: What exactly are the lib and include flags about? by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Jan 28, 2006 at 21:47 UTC
Thanks for that. But in my specific position: no "include" files appear when searching the apt-get or other installer says the package is up to date What would you do exactly? ($_='kkvvttuu bbooppuuiiffss qqffssmm iibbddllffss') =~y~b-v~a-z~s; print	[reply]
Re^3: What exactly are the lib and include flags about? by tirwhan (Abbot) on Jan 28, 2006 at 23:01 UTC
Try installing the appropriate -dev packages with apt-get (for example libxslt1-dev), those will include the header files you require. If you're using Debian (since you're working with apt-get) you can also use the apt-file utility or http://packages.debian.org to find out which package contains the file(s) you're missing. There are ten types of people: those that understand binary and those that don't.*	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: What exactly are the lib and include flags about? by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 29, 2006 at 11:23 UTC
What would you do exactly? I always just get the source tarball and build the libs from source, that way you get the "dev" files. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]