[SLL] How do you find out what package a library come in

[Chuck Wolber]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Ryan Allen wrote:

> I'm trying to compile xine-lib-1.1.2 on SuSE 10.1, but I'm getting an 
> error:
> 
> /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -ldpstk
> 
> So, I ask what is "dpstk" and where do can I find it?  What package is 
> this supposed to come with?  My natural response is google, and I've 
> come up with nothing but a few source repositories that don't even have 
> make files.


When you see -ldpstk, you're probably looking for libdpstk.so. 

Suffice to say, libdpstk.so is a part of ImageMagick. Make sure you have 
it installed and that the "convert" command doesn't give you an error when 
you run it.


..Chuck..


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