what package

[crokett]

is the file curses.h in? if i need to install a given file, is there a way to find out what package it is in in redhat? i looked at the switches for rpm and it does not look like there is a way.

thanks

[Tyr-7BE]

Do you have your C/C++ headers installed? ".h" is a header file used in C and C++.

[crokett]

yup. already thought of that. the only headers package i can find is kernel-headers and that is installed, even with the --force option. i am trying to make menuconfig to make a new kernel, and it bombs because it can't find curses.h

thanks

[pwrhouse]

When I am trying to figure out what package a file comes from I usually look at Debian's Package serch page (http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages)
It is not correct for every distro all of the time but it usually puts you on the right track.
curses.h == ncurses package

[crokett]

Originally posted by pwrhouse:
When I am trying to figure out what package a file comes from I usually look at Debian's Package serch page (http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages)
It is not correct for every distro all of the time but it usually puts you on the right track.
curses.h == ncurses package

thanks, it turned out to be in the ncurses-development package
the make is working now.

[bdg1983]

From the rpm man pages.

rpm -qf </path/to/filename>

That will tell you only if the package is already installed of course.

Otherwise I normally just use a web search engine for whatever file and I eventually find the package it belongs to.