Hi, Dionysis Kalofonos wrote:
> Dear mentors, > > i have a program that i want to compile, but i miss the file > 'curl-config' and so the process stops with an error. > > My questions is. How can i find the package the provides the above file > (it can be more than one)? You can either use the apt-file command or packages.debian.org. > > i am currently searching on google for such cases, but i was wandering > whether there is a better way. > > Mainly i want to provide a suggestion when such failures occur. For > instance in this case i could say that possible candidate packages for > this file are x,y,z... That's what Build-Depends are for: there you specify the name of the packages required to build the package; and of course you can use ORed dependencies, e.g. Build-Depends: foo | bar > > many thanks Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]