On Thu, Dec 03, 2009, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: >Christoph Maser wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, den 03.12.2009, 18:43 +0100 schrieb Charles E Campbell >> Jr: >> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I have a Fedora Core 11 system at home (Centos 5.2 at work). I'd like >>> to build vim with huge and perl. This works under Centos, but fails at >>> home: no EXTERN.h or perl.h (and, presumably, other things). So: is >>> there a yum package I should be downloading, and if so, which one? >>> (both the home computer and the work computer are 64-bit systems) >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Chip Campbell >>> >>> >> >> The command: >> yum provides "*/$filename" >> >> will tell you wich packages provide a certain file >> > >Thanks -- I'll try it out tonight at home. However, I note that trying >it on my Centos machine yields: > >$ yum provides '*/EXTERN.h' >Loaded plugins: fastestmirror >Error: Caching enabled but no local cache of >//var/cache/yum/addons/filelists.xml.gz from addons If I remember correctly, EXTERN.h file is often something that may be package dependent containing something like: #undef EXT #undef INIT #define EXT extern #define INIT(x) Perl distributions generally have an EXTERN.h and perl.h file that is used during the perl build process. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. -- Adolf Hitler