aaaa... got it. thank you so much! :) -Myk >The "devel" packages for libraries include the stuff >(like include >files) you need if you are going to write your own >programs using the >libraries - or if you need to compile an application >using them. > >Basically, if you're not short on disk space, it won't >hurt to have >them, and if you decide to install an application from >source some time >in the future, you'll be happy not to have to hunt them >down. > > > >tis 2004-08-10 klockan 11.34 skrev Michael Mallete: >> this is very embarrassing, but i guess i really have >> to ask such basic question. when manually choosing >> packages to update for my fc2, i encountered >packages >> with a "devel." for example, there's a >> kdelibs-3.2.2-6.i386.rpm and there's a >> kdelibs-devel-3.2.2-6.i386.rpm. so which do i download >> and install? what does that "devel" mean? should i >> have them both? >> >> hope you don't mind. thanx in advance! :) >> >> >> -Myk __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail