OpenSUSE 13: patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis


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1 Running zypper source-install does not install basic devel packages

Running zypper source-install does not install basic devel packages like gcc and make. This will cause build error.

> zypper source-inistall -d [Package]

2 patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis

patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis is an empty package which requires basic devel packages like automake package and gcc package. Installing patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis will install basic devel packages.

> sudo zypper install patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis

This is same with installing devel_basis with –type pattern option.

> sudo zypper install –type pattern devel_basis

3 Example for building package (emacs)

No patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis causes a failure of configure.

> sudo zypper -n install patterns-openSUSE-devel_basis> sudo zypper -n source-install -d emacs> wget ; tar zxf emacs-24.3.tar.gz> cd emacs-24.3> ./configure –without-x && make && sudo make install

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