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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Matrix Mole wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to just look though the source and see what
> > is needed (by looking at the include lines for example)?
>
> You can sometimes spot things by looking throught the Makefile,
> but it won't give you everything.
>
> > Obviosuly, when you attempt to compile a program, and it spits
> > out errors about missing libraries,
>
> That's the easiest way to find what's missing (although the key
> clue is sometimes a fair way up the listing).

There are websites that list dependencies for various programs as well,
though I can't site any url's at the moment.  Maybe something like
rpmfind?  I know I've been to sites that list dependencies in connection
with rpm's, anyway.  Debian sites should have this sort of information as
well, since they have a huge database of program dependencies that works
in conjunction with the apt-get package management system.  It may be
difficult to find such dependency lists for older programs, though.

James