installing packages

[Kent Emia]

in installing packages do i have to really install these two?

apt-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm

what does 'devel' have to do in every package?

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kent

[Christopher Stone]

devel packages are used mainly when you compile your own applications.
 Every once in a while you will find something that doesn't have an
rpm available and you will need to compile the source code.  So if for
example you find some new apt utility that no one has made an rpm for
and you want to compile it, you may find that it requires the
apt-devel rpm installed in order to compile.  In general though, you
will probably never need apt-devel.

On Mon, 31 May 2004 09:47:42 +0800, Kent Emia  wrote:
> in installing packages do i have to really install these two?
>
> apt-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
> apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
>
> what does 'devel' have to do in every package?
>
> kent
>
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[Kent Emia]

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 10:35, Christopher Stone wrote:
> devel packages are used mainly when you compile your own applications.
>  Every once in a while you will find something that doesn't have an
> rpm available and you will need to compile the source code.  So if for
> example you find some new apt utility that no one has made an rpm for
> and you want to compile it, you may find that it requires the
> apt-devel rpm installed in order to compile.  In general though, you
> will probably never need apt-devel.

so in general example if i downloaded a

mplayer-xxxxx and so i don't need an mplayer-devel ... am i right?
> On Mon, 31 May 2004 09:47:42 +0800, Kent Emia  wrote:
> > in installing packages do i have to really install these two?
> >
> > apt-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
> > apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-1.1.fc2.fr.i386.rpm
> >
> > what does 'devel' have to do in every package?
> >
> > kent
> >
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[Panu Matilainen]

On Mon, 31 May 2004, Kent Emia wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 10:35, Christopher Stone wrote:
> > devel packages are used mainly when you compile your own applications.
> >  Every once in a while you will find something that doesn't have an
> > rpm available and you will need to compile the source code.  So if for
> > example you find some new apt utility that no one has made an rpm for
> > and you want to compile it, you may find that it requires the
> > apt-devel rpm installed in order to compile.  In general though, you
> > will probably never need apt-devel.
>
> so in general example if i downloaded a
>
> mplayer-xxxxx and so i don't need an mplayer-devel ... am i right?

Exactly. If you never or rarely compile anything yourself you wont be 
needing any -devel packages. And if you start building stuff you'll notice 
the need for relevant -devel packages sooner than later :)

- Panu -