Hi >From this link: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ I got this: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gdk&submit=Search+...&system=&arch= by taking off the -2.0 and jus using gdk On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 21:39, CB wrote: > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 02:10 -0500, Michael wrote: > > One of the best recorces to find dependencies is rpmfind.net if you > > cant find them through your update manager. The package it said was > > needed is "gdk-pixbuf" You can get it from this mirror in a source > > rpm and just use rpmbuild --rebuild file.rpm.src to build it for your > > system. > > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/redhat/redhat/linux/enterprise/3/en/os/i386/SRPMS/ > > > I realise this may sound none-too-bright, but I'll risk that and ask > anyway: how do you get from the message 'No package 'gdk-2.0' found' to > knowing that "gdk-pixbuf" is what's needed? Is it just that you already > knew this or is there a method of finding what packages a given library > is in? > > Also, does anyone know where I might read about the whole context around > libraries on linux (stuff like: standard locations, how to find out if a > given library/version is installed, commandline tools related to > libraries etc).
