[clue-tech]Installing stuff generally and Installfest

[rex evans]

I did "sudo apt-get... build-essential" and it took about an hour
on dial-up. It went much quicker than I thought it would.
I could see it was installing C/C++ language modules.

So I went directly to testing the compiler. 
A simple "Hello World" type program compiled, and executed:
SUCCESS.

As to "module assistant", I am reading about this now.

Since the Install-fest is fast approaching, I am also trying to 
figure out, 1)opengl 2) R language/package.
As to WiFi, unless I stumble across some easy solution, I will
shelve that, because I may hve to buy a external USB transeiver.

Collins wrote:
> Did you install 'build-essential'? That's the Debian meta-package that
> provides compiler and libraries support that you need to compile
> packages.
>   

Grant wrote:
I like to use the module assistant to make sure I have everything like 
that I might need.   I run it, update, prepare, and then exit without 
building any actual modules.   Now I have everythign I need to build 
anything, including modules (like VMWare or NVIDIA drivers).























    


      
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