[olug] gdk-pixbuf

[Adam Lassek]

Hey, thanks for the link. I'm not currently running Debian, but I plan
to make the switch after this quarter ends at school. I don't want Linux
to go down on me in the middle of my programming classes ;)

Dave Burchell wrote:
> 
> When mysterious build dependencies get me down, I consult
> "http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages" and do a search for the
> offending filename under "Search the Contents of the Latest Release".
> Even if you are not running Debian (or not running Linux), this tool
> can tell you what Debian package a file is found in.  Investigating
> that package can usually tell you what it is called so you can locate
> it (such as with Google or Freshmeat).
> 
> For example, your search term ("gdk-pixbuf") yielded
> "devel/libgdk-pixbuf-dev" and "libs/libgdk-pixbuf2".  Those packages'
> sources can then be downloaded (e.g.,
> "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/source/libs/gdk-pixbuf_0.9.0.orig.tar.gz")
> and examined for clues.
> 
> BTW, try the "unstable" distribution option when running such a
> search.
> 
> Adam Lassek says:
> >
> > Okay, this sounds like a stupid question, but--where can I get the
> > source to gdk-pixbuf? I need the includes for a program I'm compiling,
> > and I just can't seem to find a tarball anywhere.
> 
> --
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