How useful is that apt-file? I had installed it, but I don't know what are the uses for it.
On 3/16/15, Roberto E. Vargas Caballero <k...@shike2.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:07:26PM +0800, Ivan Tham wrote: >>> Thanks, but how do I know about the -dev, but how do I know >>> libxinerama-dev? >> >> Experience and / or guess-work. Compiler complaining about "$HEADER.h"? >> Try installing lib$HEADER-dev (Debian) or $HEADER-devel (RHEL). Failing > > If you are using debian based distro you can install apt-file: > > apt-file update (first time to build the database) > apt-file search file (it will say you which package has the file). > > Regards, > > >