R?

[Rolf Turner]

On 10/16/13 05:37, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> OK, you are missing some packages (not from R):
>
> sudo yum provides */libpng-config
>
> yields:
>
> 2:libpng-devel-1.5.13-2.fc19.i686 : Development tools for programs to
> manipulate : PNG image format files
> Repo        : fedora
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /usr/bin/libpng-config
>
>
> So install:
>
> sudo yum install libpng-devel
     <SNIP>

I just tried the command

     sudo yum provides */libpng-config

to see what would happen, not being familiar with "yum provides".  I got:

     sudo: No match.

Because of that "*" I guess.  So I then tried enclosing 
"*/libpng-config" in quotes:

     sudo yum provides "*/libpng-config"

And *that* seemed to work as advertised.

Things like that can be very off-putting to us bunnies.  I managed to 
figure out
what was the right thing to do in this case, but I might well not have 
managed.

Please, people:  When you give advice, make sure you get the little 
details right.
Knowledgeable types and gurus can readily spot and fix minor 
infelicities.  But to us
bunnies a minor infelicity can be completely bewildering.  Test your 
code before
sending!

     cheers,

     Rolf Turner