Every program I try to install requires some kind of library. I'll install that library, however, the program will refuse to install because it says there's an error with that particular library.
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I've managed to install 0 programs so far because of this.
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Every program I try to install requires some kind of library. I'll install that library, however, the program will refuse to install because it says there's an error with that particular library.
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I've managed to install 0 programs so far because of this.
What distro are you trying to use and how are you trying to install these programs?
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Quote: from shadowpool at 1:02 am on June 14, 2009
Every program I try to install requires some kind of library. I'll install that library, however, the program will refuse to install because it says there's an error with that particular library.
-.-
I've managed to install 0 programs so far because of this.
What distro are you trying to use and how are you trying to install these programs?
Xubuntu because it's meant to run on lesser hardware.
I'm using the terminal to install the programs.
I do this :
./configure make make install make clean
Most of the programs won't go anywhere past make.
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Have you installed the development packages? As well as installing, say, libmad, you also have to install libmad-devel.
The Ubuntu naming conventions for packages may differ from this. You may need to do some searching.
Also, if possible, get software through apt-get, that way it will stay up to date and the dependencies will be automatically resolved when installing it.
What software are you trying to install?
Post edited at 1:43 pm on June 14, 2009 by Macropiper
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Yes, as has been mentioned, Installing from sourcecode is a fairly difficult affair when it comes to dependencies. I highly recommend looking into whether it is possible to get with a package manager such as apt-get, or even as a .deb package. Otherwise you'll have to find wherever the package lists its dependencies and individually install all of those on your own.
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Have you had luck installing the software with Synaptic?
Or running aptitude to install them (apt-get)?
That is, assuming that they are programs that are in their library.
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Have you had luck installing the software with Synaptic?
Or running aptitude to install them (apt-get)?
That is, assuming that they are programs that are in their library.
Use some type of package manager. Else, installing/uninstalling is a huge pain and is almost impossible (well not really, but you know what I mean).
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Every program I try to install requires some kind of library. I'll install that library, however, the program will refuse to install because it says there's an error with that particular library. 
